A cost-effective method for estimating the Brillouin frequency shift (BFS) of the whole sensing fiber without using an electrical spectrum analyzer is developed. The Brillouin gain spectrum is down-converted and low-pass-filtered, and its total transmitted power is used to estimate the BFS. The strain dynamic range of this method is experimentally shown to be double the value of a conventional slope-assisted method.
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