摘要:
According to one embodiment, a physical quantity measuring system includes an optical source (12) configured to emit a measurement light to a plurality of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) lines containing FBGs connected in cascade by an optical fiber, the measurement light including a reflected wavelength of at least one of the FBGs included in the FBG lines, an optical switch (13) including a common port for receiving the measurement light from the optical source (12), and a plurality of input/output ports connected to the plurality of FBG lines, the optical switch being configured to output the measurement light, from the common port to each of the plurality of input/output ports at different time points, a wavelength separator (15) configured to receive light reflected from the respective FBGs of the FBG lines and to separate the reflected light into a plurality of component lights having predetermined wavelengths, after the measurement light is output from one of the input/output ports of the optical switch (13), and optical receivers (16) configured to receive the component lights from the wavelength separator (15) and detect light intensities of the component lights.
摘要:
A monitoring system includes optical sensors disposed on one or more fiber optic waveguides. Each optical sensor is spaced apart from other optical sensors and is disposed at a location along a route defined by a transportation structure that supports a moveable conveyance. The plurality of optical sensors are mechanically coupled to one or both of the transportation structure and the moveable conveyance. Each optical sensor provides an optical output signal responsive to vibrational emissions of one or both of the transportation structure and the conveyance. The monitoring system includes a detector unit configured to convert optical output signals from the optical sensors to electrical signals. A data acquisition controller synchronizes recordation of the electrical signals with movement of the conveyance.
摘要:
A system and method for discriminately measuring the response of a plurality of spatially separated fiber sensors positioned along an optical fiber using a sweep of electromagnetic radiation. Each fiber sensor affects the transmission of a particular wavelength of electromagnetic radiation and the particular wavelength affected by a given fiber sensor is dependent on at least one environmental property of the given fiber sensor. By detecting the particular wavelength affected by a given sensor, it is possible to determine the environmental property of the given sensor.
摘要:
An optical coupler includes at least one input waveguide and a plurality of output waveguides. The optical coupler spatially disperses optical signals carried on the input waveguide according to wavelength to the output waveguides. The input waveguides and the output waveguides are arranged to provide crosstalk between optical signals carried on the output waveguides.
摘要:
A multi-point measuring apparatus of FBG sensor has an optical fiber 4, a wide-band wavelength light source 9, a light-source side light modulator 10 for controlling time of a light entering into the optical fiber 4, among lights from this light source, a detector side light modulator 12 for controlling time, during which a reflection light from a diffraction grating of the optical fiber 4 penetrates through, a wavelength shift amount calculator 14 for processing a signal obtained through detection of the reflection light from this light modulator, so as to separate a signal from the optical fiber 4, a temperature/distortion calculator 15 for calculating an amount of deformation of a target to be measured from a result of this calculator, and a display portion 16 for displaying information relating to the amount of deformation of this target to be measured, and thereby providing a multi-pint measuring method and an apparatus of FBF sensor, enabling to measure the FBG sensors of plural pieces of optical fibers, without using an optical switch therein, even under the condition of applying the plural pieces of the optical fibers in one (1) piece of a transmission path.
摘要:
Optical-based apparatus and method for sensing parameters in connection with an asset, such as a pipeline, are provided. At least two sites in an optical fiber may include a respective fiber grating arranged to have a respective optical response in a wavelength spectrum having a distinguishing feature indicative of a value of a respective local parameter at a respective grating site. The two fiber gratings may be further arranged to form, in combination with a respective portion of the optical fiber which extends between the two sites, respective optical backscatter portions that when combined with one another are effective to sense an optical change in the fiber portion between the sites indicative of a value of a distributed parameter. This is a parameter modality different from a parameter modality of the respective local parameters at the respective grating sites.
摘要:
A multi-point measuring apparatus of FBG sensor has an optical fiber 4, a wide-band wavelength light source 9, a light-source side light modulator 10 for controlling time of a light entering into the optical fiber 4, among lights from this light source, a detector side light modulator 12 for controlling time, during which a reflection light from a diffraction grating of the optical fiber 4 penetrates through, a wavelength shift amount calculator 14 for processing a signal obtained through detection of the reflection light from this light modulator, so as to separate a signal from the optical fiber 4, a temperature/distortion calculator 15 for calculating an amount of deformation of a target to be measured from a result of this calculator, and a display portion 16 for displaying information relating to the amount of deformation of this target to be measured, and thereby providing a multi-pint measuring method and an apparatus of FBF sensor, enabling to measure the FBG sensors of plural pieces of optical fibers, without using an optical switch therein, even under the condition of applying the plural pieces of the optical fibers in one (1) piece of a transmission path.
摘要:
A system for monitoring a plurality of components (205a, 205b) distributed in different space locations, the system comprising: at least one optical fiber path (215; 415', 415'); an optical radiation source (230) adapted to inject an optical radiation (I; I', I') into the at least one optical fiber path (215; 415', 415'); at least one first and at least one second optical branches branching from the at least one optical fiber path (215; 415', 415') and adapted to spill respective portions (I1a, I2a, I1b, I2b) of the optical radiation (I; I', I'), the first and second optical branches being adapted to be operatively associated with a respective component (205a, 205b) to be monitored. The first optical branch comprises a first optical reflector (233a, 233b) and is adapted to reflect the spilled optical radiation portion (I1a, I1b) unless the respective component (205a, 205b) at least partially breaks; the second optical branch comprises at least one passive optical attenuator (235a, 235b) adapted to be operatively coupled to the respective component (205a, 205b) to be monitored, and having an attenuation capable of changing in response to a change in operating conditions of the respective monitored component (205a, 205b) when operatively coupled thereto, and a second optical reflector (240a, 240b). An optical receiver (250) is provided, adapted to detect back-reflected optical radiation (I1ar, I2ar, I1br, I2br) reflected by the first and second optical branches. The monitoring system is adapted to recognize a position of a component of the plurality of components (205a, 205b) based on a characteristic of the back-reflected optical radiation.
摘要:
An optical coupler includes at least one input waveguide and a plurality of output waveguides. The optical coupler spatially disperses optical signals carried on the input waveguide according to wavelength to the output waveguides. The input waveguides and the output waveguides are arranged to provide crosstalk between optical signals carried on the output waveguides.
摘要:
The invention relates to a method of processing data from a distributed fibre-optic interferometric sensor system for measuring a measurand, the system comprising multiple interferometric sensors. The method comprises interrogating two or more of the multiple interferometric sensors to record a raw measurement time series for each of the sensors. The method further comprises calculating a common reference time series as a measure of central tendency of the raw measurement time series from two or more reference sensors, the reference sensors being selected from the multiple interferometric sensors. Finally, the method comprises compensating at least one raw measurement time series from a measurement sensor selected from the multiple interferometric sensors with the common reference time series to produce a compensated measurement time series, the measurement sensor being configured to be sensitive to the measurand. The invention further relates to a distributed fibre-optic interferometric sensor system.