The invention discloses a high-
signal-to-
noise-ratio
acoustic sensor based on a multimode
optical fiber. The high-
signal-to-
noise-ratio
acoustic sensor comprises a
light source part, a modulation part, a mode
multiplexing / demultiplexing part, a reference light part, a detection part, a
data acquisition part and a sensing part. The
light source part, the modulation part, the mode
multiplexing / demultiplexing part and the sensing part are sequentially connected, the
light source part splits reference light through a first
optical fiber coupler of the reference light part, the detection part performs beat frequency on a
signal output by the mode
multiplexing / demultiplexing part and the reference light, and the output signal is connected to the
data acquisition part. According to the invention, a sensing
optical fiber is changed from a single-mode optical
fiber to a multimode optical
fiber,
multiple modes in the multimode optical
fiber are utilized to sense external
sound wave / vibration information, then de-multiplexing is carried out at a detection end or a signal end, and signals detected by N
modes are combined, superposed and averaged after diversity, so that the
ground noise can be reduced, and the signal-to-
noise ratio of the
system can be improved; and the sensitivity and the strain resolution of the
system are improved.