Fiber optic sensor and measurement method, apparatus and storage medium
AssigneeZhejiang Lab
InventorChen Zhu
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Abstract
The present application discloses a fiber optic sensor and a measurement method, apparatus, and storage medium. By performing, based on the microwave signal, intensity modulation on the optical signal, then inputting the modulated optical signal into the fiber optic containing the weak reflection grating array, a reflected signal is obtained. Thereafter by performing dispersion compensation on the amplified partial reflected signal, and based on the dispersion-compensated reflected signal and the non-dispersion-compensated reflected signal, the change amounts respectively corresponding to positions in the fiber optic containing the weak reflection grating array are determined.
Claims13
A fiber optic sensor, at least comprising:
- a light source, a vector network analyzer, an electro-optic intensity modulator, a fiber optic containing a weak reflection grating array, a fiber optic amplifier, a fiber optic coupler, a dispersion compensator, a demodulator;
- wherein, the electro-optic intensity modulator, coupled to the light source, the vector network analyzer, and the fiber optic containing the weak reflection grating array, is configured to:
- modulate a microwave signal generated by the vector network analyzer into an optical signal generated by the light source, and
- input a modulated optical signal into the fiber optic containing the weak reflection grating array;
- the fiber optic amplifier, coupled to the fiber optic containing the weak reflection grating array and the fiber optic coupler, is configured to:
- receive a reflected signal output by the fiber optic containing the weak reflection grating array, and
- input an amplified reflected signal into the fiber optic coupler;
- the fiber optic coupler, coupled to the fiber optic amplifier, the dispersion compensator, and the demodulator, is configured to:
- split the amplified reflected signal, input an obtained first split signal into the dispersion compensator, and input an obtained second split signal into the demodulator;
- the dispersion compensator, coupled to the fiber optic coupler and the demodulator, is configured to:
- perform dispersion compensation on the first split signal, and
- input a dispersion-compensated first split signal into the demodulator;
- the demodulator, coupled to the fiber optic coupler and the dispersion compensator, is configured to:
- demodulate a received signal to obtain each sub-signal of the second split signal and each sub-signal of the dispersion-compensated first split signal;
- according to a historical second split signal and a dispersion-compensated historical first split signal determined at a historical measurement moment, and the second split signal and the dispersion-compensated first split signal determined at a current moment, determine a change delay for each sub-signal in the dispersion-compensated first split signal and a change delay for each sub-signal in the second split signal at the current moment;
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- for each of the sub-signals, according to a change delay for the sub-signal, determine change amounts at a grating corresponding to the sub-signal and at a fiber optic segment connected with the grating.
A measurement method, wherein the measurement method is applied to a fiber optic sensor, the fiber optic sensor at least comprises following components:
- a light source, a vector network analyzer, an electro-optic intensity modulator, a fiber optic containing a weak reflection grating array, a fiber optic amplifier, a fiber optic coupler, a dispersion compensator, a demodulator;
- the method comprises:
- inputting a modulated optical signal into the fiber optic containing the weak reflection grating array, wherein the modulated optical signal is generated according to an optical signal generated by the light source and a microwave signal generated by the vector network analyzer;
- splitting a reflected signal generated by the fiber optic containing the weak reflection grating array to obtain a first split signal and a second split signal, and performing dispersion compensation on the first split signal to obtain a dispersion-compensated first split signal;
- according to a historical second split signal and a dispersion-compensated historical first split signal determined at a historical measurement moment, and the second split signal and the dispersion-compensated first split signal determined at a current moment, determining a change delay for each sub-signal in the dispersion-compensated first split signal and a change delay for each sub-signal in the second split signal at the current moment;
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- for each of the sub-signals, according to a change delay for the sub-signal, determining a change amount at a grating corresponding to the sub-signal and a change amount at a fiber optic segment connected with the grating.
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