CN106705863B - A method of improving the full test distance of probe beam deflation instrument - Google Patents

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CN106705863B
CN106705863B CN201710030861.8A CN201710030861A CN106705863B CN 106705863 B CN106705863 B CN 106705863B CN 201710030861 A CN201710030861 A CN 201710030861A CN 106705863 B CN106705863 B CN 106705863B
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The invention discloses a kind of methods of full test distance for improving probe beam deflation instrument, including tunable scan laser, the first coupler, triggering interferometer, stellar interferometer, data collecting card and computer.After the light source of tunable scan laser passes through the first coupler, a part of light sequentially enters the second coupler, third coupler, the device and the first photodetector for generating phase difference of triggering interferometer, and another part light enters the 4th coupler of stellar interferometer;A part of light being emitted after the 4th coupler directly reaches the second photodetector, and another part light reaches device under test after entering optical circulator again, by the reflected light of device under test by reaching the second photodetector after optical circulator.Method of the invention has many advantages, such as lossless, high-precision rapid survey, and measurement result is more accurate, and measurement method is more convenient.

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A method of improving the full test distance of probe beam deflation instrument
Technical field
The present invention relates to Fibre Optical Sensor and optical-fiber network device and system detection instrument technical fields, optical measuring technique neck Domain, more particularly to a kind of method of full test distance for improving probe beam deflation instrument.
Background technique
Optical frequency domain reflection technology (Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry, OFDR) is distributed light Fibre measurement and developing direction emerging in sensing technology.More traditional optical time domain reflection method (Optical Time Domain Reflectometry, OTDR), OFDR has the features such as signal-to-noise ratio is high, and spatial resolution is high, high sensitivity.
In OFDR system, all there is nonlinear characteristic in commodity laser in optical frequency sweep, this will result in optical frequency domain The spatial resolution severe exacerbation of reflectometer.Currently, being used to by additional triggers interferometer in same domain space sampled signal The nonlinear effect for solving laser, inhibits influence of the optical frequency nonlinear scanning of laser to probe beam deflation instrument.This side Method uses the Additional interference instrument of fixed delay arm to generate sample clock pulse in real time for main interferometer, and the frequency intervals such as realization are adopted Sample can inhibit influence of the optical frequency nonlinear scanning of laser to probe beam deflation device.But according to sampling thheorem, optical frequency The maximum measurement distance of domain reflectometer will receive the limitation of the fixed delay arm lengths of Additional interference instrument, and the above method is simultaneously not suitable for The probe beam deflation instrument of long range.
Summary of the invention
It is an object of the invention to propose a kind of method of full test distance that can be improved probe beam deflation instrument, with reality The now measurement of long range.
The technical solution adopted by the invention is as follows:
A method of the full test distance of probe beam deflation instrument being improved, the system that this method is realized includes: tunable Scan laser, the first coupler, triggering interferometer, stellar interferometer, data collecting card and computer;The triggering interferometer Including the second coupler, third coupler, the device and the first photodetector for generating phase difference;The stellar interferometer includes 4th coupler, optical circulator and the second photodetector;First photodetector and the second photodetector respectively with Data collecting card connection, the data collecting card are connected to computer;The light source of the tunable scan laser passes through the first coupling After clutch, a part of light sequentially enters triggering the second coupler of interferometer, third coupler, the device for generating phase difference and the One photodetector, another part light enter the 4th coupler of stellar interferometer;The a part being emitted after the 4th coupler Light directly reaches the second photodetector, and another part light reaches device under test after entering optical circulator again, anti-by device under test The light come is emitted back towards by reaching the second photodetector after optical circulator.
External clock of the triggering interferometer as stellar interferometer, trigger data acquisition stick into the acquisition of row data;It is logical The device for generating phase difference is overregulated, to generate different phase differences and then carry out multiple data acquisition, obtains multiple adopt Sample data are then combined with these sampled datas, reach and reduce the sampling period, improve full test distance.
Preferably, the coupling ratio of first coupler is 90:10, second coupler, third coupler and the 4th The coupling ratio of coupler is 50:50.
Preferably, the device for generating phase difference is LC variable wave plate.
The principle of the method for the present invention is as follows;External clock of the interferometer as stellar interferometer is triggered, sample frequency isTrigger data acquisition sticks into the acquisition of row data, in same frequency domain when meeting signal acquisition, solves Fourier transformation etc. The sampling interval of the frequencies such as time.And there are optical path differences for the same two-arm of stellar interferometer, therefore according to sampling thheorem, triggering interference The optical path difference of instrument two-arm is twice of stellar interferometer, therefore maximum measurement distance is limited.The present invention is tunable sharp in solution Light device nonlinear effect proposes to apply using the device for generating phase difference additional while the sampling of frequency intervals such as meeting It is generated on triggering interferometerPhase difference carries out multiple repairing weld, in the adjacent double sampling phase difference of domain spaceSample it Data afterwards merge, and are equal toAndTherefore the expansion of triggering interferometer two-arm difference is twice, stellar interferometer Expansion is twice.One is sampled when being in time physically signal zero-crossing rising edge as sampling clock due to triggering interferometer Secondary, the present invention increases the device of a generation phase difference on triggering interferometer, so that it may generate in timePhase difference, this Sample has just achieved the effect that domain space, increases full test distance, solves fixation of the measurement distance by Additional interference instrument The limitation of time delay arm lengths measures distance to improve the maximum of probe beam deflation instrument.
Method compared with prior art, method of the invention have many advantages, such as lossless, high-precision, rapid survey, obtain Measurement result is more accurate, and the measurement method is more convenient.
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Fig. 1 is present system structural schematic diagram;
Fig. 2 is signal graph of the embodiment of the present invention in domain space;
Fig. 3 is signal graph of the embodiment of the present invention in time domain space.
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The following further describes the present invention with reference to the drawings.
Such as the system structure diagram of Fig. 1 method to realize the present invention, system includes tunable laser 1,90:10 coupling Device 2, triggering interferometer, stellar interferometer, data collecting card 10, computer 11.Wherein, triggering interferometer includes 50:50 coupler 3,50:50 coupler 4, LC variable wave plate 5, photodetector 6;Stellar interferometer includes 50:50 coupler 7, optical circulator 8, photodetector 9.
Laser 1 carries out frequency sweep, and light is by 90:10 coupler 2, wherein 10% light enters triggering interferometer, 90% Light enters stellar interferometer.10% light splitting enters the coupler 3 of triggering interferometer, and there are optical path differences for two-arm, arrives after forming interference Up to photodetector 6;90% light enters stellar interferometer, directly reaches photodetector 9 by 7 rear portion light of coupler, After another part light enters optical circulator 8, then device under test 12 is reached, the reflected light of device under test 12 is again introduced into the ring of light Shape device 8 reaches photodetector 9 after forming interference with another beam light modulation.
The modulation rate of tunable laser 1 is γ, when there are optical path difference, differential group delay τ for two-arm0, meet low modulation rate It is approximateFormed interference, photodetector 6 convert after electric signal into U (v)=U0[1+cos(2πvτ0+ ξ)], U is Voltage, τ0To trigger interferometer two-arm delay inequality, ν is frequency, and ξ is phase constant.Interferometer is triggered as stellar interferometer External clock sample frequency isTrigger data acquisition card 10 carries out data acquisition.And the same two-arm of stellar interferometer is deposited In optical path difference, therefore according to sampling thheorem, the optical path difference for triggering interferometer two-arm is twice of stellar interferometer, therefore maximum survey Span is from limited.
The present embodiment method is divided into double sampling, and sample frequency isAs shown in Fig. 2, in domain space first time It is poor with second of sampling phaseData are respectively N1 (n1, n2, n3, n4 ...) twice, and N2 (e1, e2, e3, e4 ...) is adopted Data after sample merge into N3 (n1, e1, n2, e2, n3, e3), are equal toAndTrigger interferometer two-arm Difference, which expands, to be twice, and stellar interferometer, which also expands, to be twice.
As shown in figure 3, in time, because triggering interferometer is physically signal zero-crossing rising edge as sampling clock When sampling it is primary, by increasing a LC variable wave plate 5 on triggering interferometer, generate in timePhase difference, in this way Just achieve the effect that domain space, increases full test distance.

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1. a kind of method for the full test distance for improving probe beam deflation instrument, which is characterized in that the system packet that this method is realized It includes: tunable scan laser, the first coupler, triggering interferometer, stellar interferometer, data collecting card and computer;It is described Triggering interferometer includes the second coupler, third coupler, the device and the first photodetector for generating phase difference;The measurement Interferometer includes the 4th coupler, optical circulator and the second photodetector;First photodetector and the second photoelectricity are visited It surveys device to connect with data collecting card respectively, the data collecting card is connected to computer;
After the light source of the tunable scan laser passes through the first coupler, a part of light sequentially enters the of triggering interferometer Two couplers, third coupler, the device and the first photodetector for generating phase difference, another part light enter stellar interferometer The 4th coupler;A part of light being emitted after the 4th coupler directly reaches the second photodetector, another part light into Device under test is reached again after entering optical circulator, is visited by the reflected light of device under test by reaching the second photoelectricity after optical circulator Survey device.
2. a kind of method of full test distance for improving probe beam deflation instrument according to claim 1, which is characterized in that External clock of the triggering interferometer as stellar interferometer, trigger data acquisition stick into the acquisition of row data;By adjusting institute The device for generating phase difference is stated, to generate different phase differences and then carry out multiple data acquisition, obtains multiple sampled datas, so After merge these sampled datas, reach reduce the sampling period, improve full test distance.
3. a kind of method of full test distance for improving probe beam deflation instrument according to claim 1, which is characterized in that The coupling ratio of first coupler is 90:10, and the coupling ratio of second coupler, third coupler and the 4th coupler is equal For 50:50.
4. a kind of method of full test distance for improving probe beam deflation instrument according to claim 1, which is characterized in that The device for generating phase difference is LC variable wave plate.
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