CA2285708A1 - Method and device for time domain demultiplexing of serial fiber bragg grating sensor arrays - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and device for to implement time division multiplexing of a fiber optic serial Bragg grating sensor array containing more than one Bragg grating. The device provides a pulse read-out system that allows for a reduction in system noise and an increase in sensor resolution and flexibility. The optical signals reflected from the Bragg grating sensors are gated by an electronically controlled optical modulator before any wavelength measurement is performed to determine the sensor information. This offers significant advantages since the sensor information is encoded into the wavelength of the optical signal and not its intensity. Therefore the sensor signal information is not distorted by the gating. Since the gating or switching of the optical modulator between transmission and attenuating states is performed on the optical signal, the speed of the electronic processing needs only to be performed at the speed of variation of the sensor information and the choice of methods of wavelength measurement is not influenced by the gating action.
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1. An optical fiber serial Bragg grating sensor device, comprising:
a) a light source adapted to produce optical pulses;
b) an optical fiber network including an optical fiber optically coupled to said light source, the optical fiber including a Bragg sensor array having at least two spaced apart Bragg gratings; and c) an optical transmission element connected to a section of said optical fiber network adapted to receive optical pulses reflected from said at least two Bragg gratings, a wavelength detection means optically coupled to said optical transmission element, switch means connected to said optical transmission element for switching said optical transmission element between an attenuating state in which said optical transmission element attenuates light and a transmission state in which light is transmitted through said optical transmission element to said wavelength detection means, said switch means being activated at selectively adjustable times after production of said optical pulses.
a) a light source adapted to produce optical pulses;
b) an optical fiber network including an optical fiber optically coupled to said light source, the optical fiber including a Bragg sensor array having at least two spaced apart Bragg gratings; and c) an optical transmission element connected to a section of said optical fiber network adapted to receive optical pulses reflected from said at least two Bragg gratings, a wavelength detection means optically coupled to said optical transmission element, switch means connected to said optical transmission element for switching said optical transmission element between an attenuating state in which said optical transmission element attenuates light and a transmission state in which light is transmitted through said optical transmission element to said wavelength detection means, said switch means being activated at selectively adjustable times after production of said optical pulses.
2 The device according to claim 1 wherein said optical transmission element includes an optical modulator, and wherein said switch means includes a variable timer circuit controller connected to said optical modulator for switching said optical modulator between said transmission and attenuation states at said selectively adjustable times after production of said optical pulses.
3. The device according to claims 1 or 2 wherein said optical fiber is a single mode optical fiber, and wherein said at least two Bragg gratings is a plurality of Bragg gratings spaced an effective minimum distance apart.
4. The device according to claim 3 wherein said light source is adapted to produce optical pulses having a pulse width shorter than a time required for an optical pulse to travel approximately twice a distance between any two spatially closest Bragg gratings in said at least two Bragg gratings.
5. The device according to claims 1, 2 or 4 wherein said light source is adapted to produce optical pulses with a period between said light pulses being greater than a time for an optical pulse to travel approximately twice a distance from a first Bragg sensor closest to said light source to a last Bragg grating farthest from said light source.
6. The device according to claim 5 wherein when said optical modulator is switched into said transmission state it is maintained in the transmission state for a period of time longer than said pulse width.
7. The device according to claim 5 wherein said optical modulator is an electro-optic modulator, and wherein said variable timer circuit controller includes an electrical trigger pulse generator connected to said electro-optic modulator for applying trigger voltage pulses to said electro-optic modulator for switching to said electro-optic modulator to said transmission state, said electrical pulse generator including adjustment means for adjusting a length of time said trigger voltage pulses are applied to said electro-optic modulator for controlling a length of time said electro-optic modulator remains in said transmission state.
8. The device according to claim 7 wherein said variable timer circuit controller includes a variable electrical delay generator connected to said electrical trigger pulse generator for controlling when said electrical trigger pulse generator applies said electrical trigger pulses to said electro-optic modulator.
9. The device according to claim 8 wherein said variable electrical delay generator is adapted to be triggered by production of optical pulses to said such that said electro-optic modulator is switched between said transmission and attenuating states an adjustable time after production of said optical pulses.
10. The device according to claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 or 9 wherein said optical fiber network includes a first fiber section connected between said light source and an optical coupler, a second fiber section connected at one end thereof to said optical coupler having said at least two spaced apart Bragg gratings located therein, and a third fiber section connected at one end thereof to said optical coupler optically coupled to said optical transmission element.
11. The device according to claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 or 9 wherein said optical modulator is a semiconductor electro-absorption modulator.
12. The device according to claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 or 9 wherein said optical modulator is a Mach-Zehnder integrated optical modulator.
13. The device according to claims 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8 or 9 wherein said light source is a mode locked laser.
14. The device according to claims 7, 8 or 9 wherein said electro-optic modulator is a lithium niobate opto-electronic modulator.
15. The device according to claims 7, 8 or 9 including a polarization control element in said optical fiber network between said Bragg gratings and said electro-optical modulator for controlling a state of polarization of said optical pulses reflected by said Bragg gratings.
16. The device according to claim 3 wherein said plurality of Bragg gratings have substantially equal center wavelengths.
17. The device according to claims 7, 8 or 9 wherein said plurality of Bragg gratings have substantially equal center wavelengths.
18. The device according to claim 13 wherein said plurality of Bragg gratings have substantially equal center wavelengths.
19. A device for time domain demultiplexing serial optical fiber Bragg grating sensor networks, the network including a light source adapted to produce optical pulses connected to an optical fiber network with the optical fiber network including a sensor array having at plurality of spaced Bragg gratings, comprising:
an optical transmission element connected to a section of said optical fiber network adapted to receive optical pulses reflected from said at least two Bragg gratings, switch means connected to said optical transmission element for switching said optical transmission element between a transmission state in which said optical transmission element transmits light therethrough and an attenuating state in which said optical transmission element attenuates light, said switch means being activated at selectively adjustable times after production of said optical pulses; and wavelength detection means connected to said optical transmission element.
an optical transmission element connected to a section of said optical fiber network adapted to receive optical pulses reflected from said at least two Bragg gratings, switch means connected to said optical transmission element for switching said optical transmission element between a transmission state in which said optical transmission element transmits light therethrough and an attenuating state in which said optical transmission element attenuates light, said switch means being activated at selectively adjustable times after production of said optical pulses; and wavelength detection means connected to said optical transmission element.
20. The device according to claim 19 wherein said optical transmission element includes an optical modulator, and wherein said switch means includes a variable timer circuit controller connected to said optical modulator for switching said optical modulator between said transmission and attenuation states as a function of elapsed time from production of said optical pulses.
21. The device according to claim 20 wherein said optical modulator is an electro-optic modulator, and wherein said variable timer circuit controller includes an electrical trigger pulse generator connected to said electro-optic modulator for applying trigger voltage pulses to said electro-optic modulator for switching to said electro-optic modulator to said transmission state, said electrical pulse generator including adjustment means for adjusting a length of time said trigger voltage pulses are applied to said electro-optic modulator for controlling a length of time said electro-optic modulator remains in said transmission state.
22. The device according to claims 19 or 20 wherein said variable timer circuit controller includes a variable electrical delay generator connected to said electrical trigger pulse generator for controlling when said electrical trigger pulse generator applies said electrical trigger pulses to said electro-optic modulator.
23. The device according to claim 22 wherein said variable electrical delay generator is adapted to be triggered by production of optical pulses such that said electro-optic modulator is switched between said transmission and attenuating states at selectively adjustable times after production of said optical pulses.
24. The device according to claims 19, 20, 21 or 23 including a polarization control element in said optical fiber network between said Bragg gratings and said optical modulator for controlling a state of polarization of said optical pulses reflected by said Bragg gratings.
25. The device according to claims 22 including a low frequency signal generator connected to said wavelength detection means and to said variable timer circuit controller for modulating said electrical trigger pulses to applied to said electro-optic modulator.
26. The device according to claims 24 including a low frequency signal generator connected to said wavelength detection means and to said variable timer circuit controller for modulating said electrical trigger pulses to applied to said electro-optic modulator.
27. The device according to claims 25 or 26 wherein said low frequency signal generator is connected between an output of said variable electrical delay generator and an input to said electrical trigger pulse generator.
28. The device according to claims 19, 20, 21, 23, 25 or 26 wherein said plurality of Bragg gratings have substantially equal center wavelengths.
29. The device according to claim 28 wherein a maximum number of Bragg gratings spaced along said optical fiber is given by a ratio of twice a time required for a light pulse to travel from a first Bragg sensor closest to said light source to a last Bragg grating farthest from said light source to a temporal duration of said transmission element being in said transmission state.
30. The device according to claims 19, 20, 21, 23, 25, 26 or 29 wherein a maximum number of Bragg gratings spaced along said optical fiber is given by a ratio of twice a time required for a light pulse to travel from a first Bragg sensor closest to said light source to a last Bragg grating farthest from said light source to a temporal duration of said transmission element being in said transmission state.
31. A method for time domain demultiplexing a serial fiber Bragg grating sensor network, the sensor network including an optical fiber having at least two spaced Bragg gratings and a light source for producing light pulses that propagate along said sensor network and are incident on said at least two Bragg gratings, comprising:
directing optical pulses reflected by said at least two Bragg gratings to an optical transmission element;
spectrally analyzing optical pulses reflected from a selected Bragg grating by switching said optical transmission element to a state of transmission at effective periods of time after preselected optical pulses are produced, said periods of time being equal to a transit time of said optical pulses from a light source to said selected Bragg grating and from said selected Bragg grating to said optical transmission element; and maintaining said optical transmission element in the state of transmission for an effective period of time to permit the reflected light pulses from said selected Bragg grating to be transmitted through said optical transmission element to a wavelength detection means and thereafter switching said optical transmission element to a state of attenuation to block optical pulses reflected from all other Bragg gratings.
directing optical pulses reflected by said at least two Bragg gratings to an optical transmission element;
spectrally analyzing optical pulses reflected from a selected Bragg grating by switching said optical transmission element to a state of transmission at effective periods of time after preselected optical pulses are produced, said periods of time being equal to a transit time of said optical pulses from a light source to said selected Bragg grating and from said selected Bragg grating to said optical transmission element; and maintaining said optical transmission element in the state of transmission for an effective period of time to permit the reflected light pulses from said selected Bragg grating to be transmitted through said optical transmission element to a wavelength detection means and thereafter switching said optical transmission element to a state of attenuation to block optical pulses reflected from all other Bragg gratings.
32. The method according to claim 31 wherein said light source is adapted to produce optical pulses having a pulse width shorter than a time required for a light pulse to travel approximately twice a distance between any two spatially closest Bragg gratings in said at least two Bragg gratings.
33. The method according to claims 30 or 31 wherein said light source is adapted to produce optical pulses with a period between said optical pulses being greater than a time for an optical pulse to travel approximately twice a distance from a first Bragg sensor closest to said light source to a last Bragg grating farthest from said light source.
34. The method according to claims 31 or 32 wherein when said optical modulator is switched into said transmission state it is maintained in the transmission state for a period of time longer than said pulse width.
35. The method according to claim 33 wherein when said optical modulator is switched into said transmission state it is maintained in the transmission state for a period of time longer than said pulse width.
36. The method according to claim 33 wherein said optical fiber is a single mode optical fiber, wherein said at least two Bragg gratings is a plurality of Bragg gratings spaced an effective minimum distance apart, and wherein said optical modulator is an electro-optic modulator.
37. The method according to claims 31, 32 or 35 wherein said optical fiber is a single mode optical fiber, wherein said at least two Bragg gratings is a plurality of Bragg gratings spaced an effective minimum distance apart, and wherein said optical modulator is an electro-optic modulator.
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