光纤菲佐应变传感器的波分频分复用方法

将波分复用技术与空间频率复用技术相结合,提出了新的光纤菲佐应变传感器波分频分复用方法:在粗波分复用(CWDM)的不同波段实现具有不同腔长的光纤菲佐应变传感器的空间频率复用。描述了基于该方法的光纤菲佐应变传感器复用系统的结构、原理及实验结果,讨论了复用技术中可能产生的串扰的影响及其解决方法。实验结果表明,该方法大大提高了光纤菲佐应变传感器的复用能力,可复用40个以上的菲佐应变传感器,且其应变测量精度达±5με,可满足实际应用的要求。     

光纤菲佐气体压力传感器的波分频分复用方法

设计了一种新的光纤菲佐气体压力传感器,结合波分复用技术和空间频率复用技术,实现了不同腔长的光纤菲佐气体压力传感器的复用.给出了该复用系统的结构,阐述了其工作原理,最后利用实验验证了该方法的可行性.针对该系统中的串扰问题提出了基于参数化谱估计的Pisarenko谐波分解方案,使可复用的传感器腔长差降至100 μm左右,大大提高了系统的复用能力.实验结果表明：该系统在单个传感器气体压力分辨率达0.76% F.S(量程为0~150 kPa),复用的传感器数目可达80个以上,可满足实际工程应用中多点气压测量的需要.     

白光干涉双环传感网络理论与实验研究

构造了一种基于双环形拓扑结构的白光干涉光纤传感网络．可用于智能结构中准分布应变或温度的测量。光纤传感网络基于空分多路复用技术(SDM)．目的是增强带载能力．降低单点传感器的测量成本,并借助丁双端口问询技术．增强传感网络的抗毁坏能力。分析了环形网络结构的低相干多路复用原理．根据空分复用的光程匹配条件．推导了传感器干涉信号的强度特性。实验中对连接9个传感器的双环传感网络特征及其抗损坏特性进行了验证．并对实验结果进行了分析和讨论。     

波分复用串联的布里渊散射分布式光纤传感器

在一定分辨率和响应时间要求下，应用波分复用技术来串联布里渊散射分布式光纤传感器，解决了同时进行传感和通信存在的信号干扰.具体是采用波分复用来隔离传感光信号与通信光信号，同时应用光相干外差接收来分离传感与通信之间的电信号频谱.实现了两台布里渊散射分布式光纤传感器之间的串联，单台传感器的传感距离为25 km，串联后达到50 km.     

FBG多功能传感系统集成与应用

为充分发挥光纤光栅(FBG)传感系统复用能力,可同时对传感光路各个传感器的光信号进行有效识别,且为传感器设计和加工提供依据,基于FBG传感原理,从系统集成及复用能力优化的角度,探讨波分复用传感器设计方法,以及节点传感器结构和灵敏度设计原则与标准,并将提出的原则等应用于某实际工程光纤监测系统。传感系统在运行过程中,获得了较为可靠的监测数据,分布式光纤和点式电测技术测试结果相差6%左右,进一步表明临近光纤传感器没有出现传感信号串扰现象,为工程施工和安全维护提供参照。     

岩层变形检测的光纤光栅多点传感理论与工程应用

为了监测松散地层沉降变形,提出了一种用于钻孔中植入式光纤Bragg光栅传感器(FBG)的结构和传感网络系统.基于室内实验结果,给出了用于岩层变形检测的传感光栅波长带宽为6 nm,分析了多点传感信号分辨因子,山光源带宽决定的测试系统最大实际复用能力为6个传感器.设计并实现了一个由18个光纤光栅组成的具有特色的光纤Bragg光栅波分复用/空分复用混合阵列.工程实践表明,光纤光栅传感系统采用双同路布置.可提高系统下放后光纤光栅传感器的成活率.     

基于线阵InGaAs光电二极管阵列的光纤光栅传感解调

采用线阵InGaAs光电二极管阵列和体相位光栅并结合空分复用和波分复用技术,对光纤光栅传感进行解调.设计了基于线阵InGaAs光电二极管阵列和体相位光栅的光纤光栅传感解调系统,通过系统测试和性能分析,该解调系统解调带宽42 nm,信噪比30 dB,波长偏移测量精确度±15 pm,功率测量精确度为±0.3 dB.基于线阵InGaAs光电二极管阵列和体相位光栅的光纤光栅解调系统不但尺寸小,功耗低,而且具有较高的解调速度.     

Multiplexing of fiber-optic acoustic sensors in a Michelson interferometer configuration

A new multiplexing method demonstrating the separation of two series of geometrically arranged fiber-optic distributed sensors in a Michelson interferometer (MI) configuration has been developed. This method can acquire data from two sensors, then propagate the data into one channel, and finally separate the data by determining their working point, which is essential for some remote measurements. The working point of one sensor was deflected from the normal MI by introduction of two reference arms. The deflection was extracted electrically and employed to label the sensor. Verification with commercial piezoelectric transducers proves the efficiency of the method.     

Demodulation algorithm for spatial-frequency-division-multiplexed fiber-optic Fizeau strain sensor networks

A demodulation algorithm for spatial-frequency-division-multiplexed fiber-optic Fizeau strain sensor networks with a large number of sensors is proposed to effectively reduce the cross talk between any two adjacent sensors and hence substantially enhance the multiplexing capability of the network, which is based on the Pisarenko algorithm. The cross talk between two fiber-optic Fizeau sensors is investigated experimentally. The experimental results show that a strain accuracy of better than +/-10 micro permittivity can be achieved even when the cavity length difference is approximately 100 microm. It was demonstrated that the multiplexing capability of the spatial-frequency-division-multiplexed fiber-optic Fizeau sensor network can be approximately 5 times greater than that of the conventional fast-Fourier-transform algorithm, and this can lead to achievement of a sensing network with a multiplexing capability of as many as 1000 Fizeau sensors.     

温度补偿式光纤光栅土压力传感器

针对现有土压力传感器无法实现长期、实时监测的要求,设计了温度补偿式光纤光栅土压力传感器。选用有硬中心的平膜片作弹性元件,选用灵敏度高、体积小、质量轻、易于波分复用和组成传感网络的光纤光栅作敏感元件;同时采用了不受力光栅法进行了温度补偿。经实验测试,该传感器的灵敏度为1.5 nm/M Pa;线性度误差为0.35%;重复性为0.06%;迟滞为2.19%;静态误差为2.21%;这些指标能够满足实际工程应用要求。     

Two-loop-based low-coherence multiplexing fiber-optic sensor network with a Michelson optical path demodulator

A two-loop-based low-coherence multiplexing fiber-optic sensor network is proposed and demonstrated. It greatly extends the multiplexing capacity of this kind of sensor. A practical implementation of this scheme uses a popular amplified spontaneous emission light source and standard single-mode fiber, which are commonly used in the communications industry. The sensor's two-loop topology is completely passive. Absolute length measurements can be obtained for each sensing fiber segment for use in measuring the quasi-distribution strain or temperature. For large-scale smart structures this technique not only extends the multiplexing potential but also provides a redundancy for the sensing system. This means that the two-loop sensor network can break down at several points and the sensing system will still work even if some of the embedded two-loop sensors have been destroyed. The robustness of the nine-sensor two-loop sensing network is investigated and discussed.     

光纤菲佐传感器频分复用网络解调方法研究

为了减小光纤菲佐传感器间的串扰,提高传感器网络的复用能力,提出了基于Pisarenko正弦波恢复法的光纤菲佐应变传感器频分复用网络光谱解调方案。在多光束干涉原理的基础上,建立了基于Pisarenko正弦波恢复方法的传感器频分复用解调模型,并对2个光纤菲佐传感器的串扰进行了实验研究。快速傅里叶变换能够达到应变精度好于±10με的传感器间最小腔长差约为500μm,而该方法可以把最小腔长差缩短至100μm左右。这意味着系统的复用能力提高了大约5倍。因此,该方法是一种串扰小、复用能力强的解调方法,在大容量准分布式传感网络中具有极大的潜在应用价值。     

采用密集波分复用技术的光纤水听器阵列研究

利用密集波分复用和时分多路复用技术相结合的大规模阵列结构,以Mach-Zehnder干涉型光纤水听器为例,分析了采用相位产生载波技术的频分多路复用,提出了密集波分复用技术在干涉型光纤水听器阵列应用的新方法,给出了复用体系结构,并分析了其在工程上可行性.     

光纤光栅多传感器复用的成象光谱技术

本文根据光纤光栅多传感器复用时信号的光谱特征,提出了采用成象光谱技术对复用信号进行解调的方案.文章推导分析了该复用方案的有关参量及特性,并进行了验证实验,获得了与计算结果吻合的实验结果.     

基于副载波调频技术的光纤光栅传感网络查询

分析了副载波调频技术用于光纤光栅阵列查询的基本原理。从理论上推算了系统的查询空间分辨率及查询范围,并结合波分复用技术进行了光纤光栅传感网络的地址查询演示实验,同时使用可调谐滤波器对每个光栅信号进行了解调。实验结果很好地说明了该查询方案的可行性,且在单个光栅上的被测应变与可调谐滤波器的控制电压呈较好的线性关系。该系统具备有查询由几百个FBG组成的传感网络的潜在能力。     

Simultaneous spectral recovery of long-period grating sensor array using optical time-division multiplexing

A novel sensor network based on optical time-division multiplexing (OTDM) is proposed and demonstrated for simultaneous sensing of long-period grating (LPG) sensor array with overlapping spectra. A star network is configured by pairing a circulator with each of the LPG sensors. Experiments are conducted by measuring the changes of surrounding refractive index at different sensors, which show excellent agreement between the demultiplexed and pristine transmission spectrum of the LPG sensors.     

Partial scanning frequency division multiplexing for interrogation of low-reflective fiber Bragg grating-based sensor array

Interrogation using partial spectrum scanning for a low-reflective fiber Bragg grating (FBG)-based sensor array is proposed. The sensor head is a Fabry–Perot interferometer (FPI) consisting of low-reflective fiber Bragg gratings. An FPI consisting of low-reflective FBGs (FBG-FPI) has a spectrum with a sinusoidal structure with a period determined by the length of the FBG-FPI. Multiple point sensing is possible by installing multiple low-reflective FBG-FPIs on one fiber and analyzing the reflection spectrum of that fiber by the frequency division multiplexing method. A coherent wavelength-swept light source is necessary to acquire the reflection spectrum; however, but the sweep speed of a commercially available wavelength-swept light source that satisfies the condition is only approximately several tens of hertz. Therefore, we propose to conduct a wavelength sweep by injection current modulation of a laser diode. Wavelength sweeping with a modulated laser diode allows fast sweeping at 100 Hz or more, and the sweep range is as narrow as several hundred picometers. Reading only a part of the reflection spectrum of a low-reflective FBG-FPI sensor array using a modulated laser diode enables high-speed multipoint measurement through frequency analysis. Theoretical requirements for successful interrogation using the partial reflection spectrum are shown. A demonstration experiment to simultaneously measure strain applied to two low-reflective FBG-FPI sensors with a measurement time of 10 ms is reported.     

Long-distance fiber Bragg grating sensor system with a high optical signal-to-noise ratio based on a tunable fiber ring laser configuration

A novel tunable fiber ring laser configuration with a combination of bidirectional Raman amplification and dual erbium-doped fiber (EDF) amplification is proposed for realizing high optical signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), long-distance, quasi-distributed fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensing systems with large capacities and low cost. The hybrid Raman-EDF amplification configuration arranged in the ring laser can enhance the optical SNR of FBG sensor signals significantly owing to the good combination of the high gain of the erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and the low noise of the Raman amplification. Such a sensing system can support a large number of FBG sensors because of the use of a tunable fiber Fabry-Perot filter located within the ring laser and spatial division multiplexing for expansion of sensor channels. Experimental results show that an excellent optical SNR of approximately 60 dB has been achieved for a 50 km transmission distance with a low Raman pump power of approximately 170 mW at a wavelength of 1455 nm and a low EDFA pump power of approximately 40 mW at a wavelength of 980 nm, which is the highest optical SNR achieved so far for a 50 km long FBG sensor system, to our knowledge.     

Tunable Fabry-Perot-resonator-based fiber-optic white-light interferometric sensor array

A tunable Fabry-Perot-resonator-based fiber-optic white-light interferometric quasi-distributed sensing system permitting absolute length measurement in a remote reflective sensor array is proposed and demonstrated. The sensor reflective signals characteristics have been analyzed, and the relationship between light signal intensities and sensors number was given for multiplexing potential evaluation. The proposed sensing scheme will be useful for the measurement of strain distribution. An important application could be deformation sensing in smart structures. Experimentally, a four-sensor array has been demonstrated.