CN110768715B - Polarized light time domain reflectometer based on time division multiplexing of three polarization states and detection method - Google Patents
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Abstract
The invention discloses a polarized light time domain reflectometer based on time division multiplexing of three polarization states, which comprises: the device comprises a light source, a polarization state generator, a pulse modulator, a circulator, a sensing optical fiber, a dual-polarization state detection device, a photoelectric detector, a signal acquisition card and a processor, wherein the processor is connected with the polarization state generator, controls the polarization state output by the polarization state generator to be switched among three mutually perpendicular polarization states, and realizes polarization detection through the dual-polarization state detection device, so that the phenomenon of traditional POTDR signal fading is completely eliminated under the condition of not considering depolarization, and the effect of improving system positioning and event identification stability is achieved.
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Technical Field
The invention belongs to the technical field of optical fiber sensing, and particularly relates to a polarized light time domain reflectometer based on time division multiplexing of three polarization states.
Background
Limited by the inherent property of the polarization state, in the fiber polarization sensing, the polarization insensitivity (the change of the light polarization state caused by external disturbance is small) at the sensing point and the polarization insensitivity (the change track of the polarization state is vertical to the analyzer when viewed on the Poincar sphere) at the detection end (the optical probe) can be divided into. For example, in the patent with the chinese patent publication No. CN107328462A, it is proposed to use a dual-polarization analyzer to separately analyze two components with different polarization angles, so as to alleviate the problem of insensitivity of the detection end with single-angle polarization analysis to a certain extent on the premise of not significantly increasing the cost of the optical fiber sensing system.
However, the above solutions have problems: 1. because the sensitivity of the input polarization state of an optical signal and the polarization state of a detection end cannot be fully analyzed, the double-polarization state polarization detection with the included angle of 45 degrees can only relieve or improve the insensitivity problem of the polarization detection of the detection end, the change direction of the polarization state on certain sensing points is vertical to two polarization analyzers at the same time, and therefore weak change of light intensity after polarization detection cannot be observed on the two polarization analyzers; 2. in the input of a single polarization state optical signal, because the polarization sensitivity of the optical signal changes along with the phase change of the polarized optical signal, some sensing points on the sensing optical fiber are still located in an insensitive area, and the problem of insensitivity of the sensing points still exists.
In the patent with the patent publication number of CN106767961B in chinese invention, "light waves with different wavelengths are converted into different initial polarization states by polarization maintaining fiber, and then modulated into pulsed light to be input into the POTDR system" so as to effectively reduce a large number of positions insensitive to disturbance in the measurement result. Although light waves with different wavelengths can obtain different polarization states in the rotation axis direction through the polarization-maintaining optical fiber at the emergent end of the polarization-maintaining optical fiber, the mutual relation of the polarization states cannot be kept in the transmission process of the single-mode optical fiber for sensing, further the complementarity of the final sensitivity of the single-mode optical fiber cannot be kept, and the insensitive position cannot be completely eliminated.
Disclosure of Invention
Aiming at the defects or the improvement requirements of the prior art, the invention provides a polarized light Time Domain Reflectometer based on Time division multiplexing of three Polarization states and a detection method, wherein the Polarization states output by a Polarization state generator are switched among three Polarization states which are vertical to each other, and Polarization detection is realized by a double-Polarization state detection device, so that the phenomenon of signal fading of the traditional polarized light Time Domain Reflectometer (POTDR) is completely eliminated under the condition of not considering depolarization, and the effect of improving the stability of system positioning and event identification is achieved.
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a polarization optical time domain reflectometer based on time division multiplexing of three polarization states, comprising: light source, polarization state generator, pulse modulator, circulator, sensing fiber, dual polarization state detection device, photoelectric detector, signal acquisition card and treater, wherein:
the output port of the light source is connected with the input port of the polarization state generator through an optical fiber, and the light source outputs a direct current optical signal;
the output port of the polarization state generator is connected with the input port of the pulse modulator through an optical fiber, and the polarization state generator is used for enabling the polarization states of the output light of the polarization state generator to be mutually vertical when viewed on the Poincar sphere;
the output port of the pulse modulator is connected with the first port of the circulator through an optical fiber; the pulse modulator is used for modulating the direct current optical signal into a narrow pulse optical signal;
the second port of the circulator is connected with the sensing optical fiber; the third port of the circulator is connected with the dual-polarization state detection device through an optical fiber; a backward Rayleigh scattering signal in the sensing optical fiber is input through a second port of the circulator and output from a third port;
the dual-polarization state detection device is connected with the photoelectric detector through an optical fiber and is used for realizing the detection of the polarization state;
the photoelectric detector is connected with the signal acquisition card and is used for acquiring the light intensity of the light signal output by the dual-polarization state detection device;
the signal acquisition card is connected with the processor and is used for converting the light intensity analog electric signal detected by the photoelectric detector into a digital signal and then transmitting the digital signal to the processor for processing;
the processor is connected with the polarization state generator and is used for controlling the polarization state output by the polarization state generator to be switched among three mutually vertical polarization states; the processor is also connected with the pulse modulator and used for controlling the pulse modulation period and the pulse width of the pulse modulator; the processor is also used for judging whether disturbance occurs according to the light intensity obtained by the photoelectric detector.
In an embodiment of the present invention, an amplifier is further disposed between the output port of the pulse modulator and the first port of the circulator, the output port of the pulse modulator is connected to the input port of the amplifier through an optical fiber, and the output port of the amplifier is connected to the first port of the circulator through an optical fiber.
In one embodiment of the invention, the polarization state generator switches the output polarization state between three polarization states perpendicular to each other at different pulse periods.
In an embodiment of the present invention, a single mode fiber or a polarization maintaining fiber is disposed between the light source and the polarization state generator, and the sensing fiber is a single mode fiber.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the dual polarization state detection device is a dual polarization state detector or a full polarization state detector.
In one embodiment of the invention, the light source outputs direct current fully polarized light.
According to another aspect of the present invention, there is also provided a detection method based on the above polarized optical time domain reflectometer, including: the detection of the polarized light time domain reflectometer is triggered by a rising edge, when an external trigger signal reaches the rising edge, the processor instructs the polarization state output by the polarization state generator to switch among three polarization states which are vertical to each other, and delays to wait for the completion or the simultaneous completion of SOP conversion for a period of time, the processor instructs the pulse modulator to work and output a narrow pulse light signal, and simultaneously, the signal acquisition card starts to acquire signals to convert light intensity analog electric signals detected by the photoelectric detector into digital signals and then transmits the digital signals to the processor for processing; the holding time of any polarization state of the polarization state generator is one period of an external trigger signal, and the working period of the pulse modulator is the same as that of the external trigger signal.
In an embodiment of the present invention, the processor obtains each path of differential POTDR curve through differential operation on each path of collected output signals, then adds up each path of differential POTDR curve, and averages to obtain a final differential POTDR curve, and determines whether or not a disturbance occurs and a position where the disturbance occurs through threshold decision, or performs fourier transform on an original signal, and analyzes frequency information of the disturbance. Generally, compared with the prior art, the technical scheme of the invention has the following beneficial effects:
(1) the sensing system of the invention uses the time division multiplexing dual-polarization detection of the three polarization states, thereby completely eliminating the phenomenon of the fading of the traditional POTDR signal without considering the depolarization and achieving the effect of improving the system positioning and the event identification stability;
(2) the sensing system adopts the optical time domain reflectometer technology, can calculate the position information by detecting the time information of the pulse signal light back Rayleigh scattering light according to the time and the propagation speed of the optical signal, realizes distributed measurement, and has great advantages compared with a single-point sensor;
(3) the sensing system is added with the optical amplifier at the front end of the circulator to compensate the attenuation of the optical path, so that the sensing distance can be effectively prolonged;
(4) the signal modulation and demodulation of the sensing system are realized at the same side, and no additional equipment is required to be arranged at the far end of the sensing optical fiber, so that the sensing system is convenient to use;
(5) the sensing system uses the single-mode optical fiber as a sensor, has the advantages of being passive, corrosion-resistant, high-temperature-resistant, anti-electromagnetic interference, small in size, light in weight and the like, and can be used in severe environments such as electroless, high-corrosion and complex electromagnetic environments;
(6) the sensing system describes the polarization signal fading by using a physical model which is more practical in theory, so that a simulation result is more practical in practice, the polarization signal fading phenomenon of the POTDR system is more accurately read, and a more reasonable solution for inhibiting the polarization signal fading phenomenon in the POTDR system is provided.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a scattering spectrum in an optical fiber;
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of the POTDR system proposed by Rogers in 1980;
FIG. 3 is a diagram of POTDR curves for a pulse period, in which FIG. 3 (1) is a pre-disturbance curve, FIG. 3 (2) is a post-disturbance curve, and FIG. 3 (3) is a difference curve obtained by disturbing an optical fiber at a position of 2400 m;
FIG. 4 (1) is a differential curve for a conventional POTDR system;
FIG. 4 (2) is a curve of the scheme in patent CN106767961B after the fading suppression of the polarized signal;
FIG. 5 is a very small diagram of the circle in which the rotation of the SOP caused by an external disturbance is located;
fig. 6 is a schematic diagram in which a circle in which the SOP rotates is perpendicular to the analyzer, fig. 6 (1) is an original diagram in this case, and fig. 6 (2) is a front view in this case;
FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a SOP rotating in a circle parallel to the analyzer, but in a direction perpendicular to the analyzer; fig. 7 (1) is an original view in this case, and fig. 7 (2) is a front view in this case;
FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating a conventional POTDR polarization signal fading phenomenon detected based on a single polarization state input single analyzer;
FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of the fading suppression effect of the polarization signal of the three-polarization time division multiplexing full-polarization detection system according to the present invention;
FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of a polarization optical time domain reflectometer based on three polarization states time division multiplexing according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 11 is a schematic structural diagram of another polarization optical time domain reflectometer based on three polarization states time division multiplexing according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 12 is a timing diagram illustrating the operation of a system of a polarization optical time domain reflectometer based on time division multiplexing of three polarization states according to an embodiment of the present invention.
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In order to make the objects, technical solutions and advantages of the present invention more apparent, the present invention is described in further detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and embodiments. It should be understood that the specific embodiments described herein are merely illustrative of the invention and are not intended to limit the invention. In addition, the technical features involved in the embodiments of the present invention described below may be combined with each other as long as they do not conflict with each other.
Working principle of traditional polarized light time domain reflectometer
Distributed fiber optic sensing has evolved significantly since the advent of Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) technology. When an incident light wave is transmitted forward in an optical fiber, a backscattering signal opposite to a propagation direction is generated due to refractive index unevenness caused by density unevenness of an optical fiber material and other properties such as thermal motion of atoms, molecules and ions in the optical fiber, as shown in fig. 1, and mainly includes rayleigh scattering, brillouin scattering and raman scattering. Positioning based on the relation between the propagation time of scattered light and the distance is the most basic positioning principle of distributed fiber sensing based on OTDR technique.
The polarized light time domain reflectometer is an optical time domain reflectometer which realizes sensing by detecting the polarization state of back rayleigh scattering light. In 1980, Rogers proposed the concept of polarized optical time domain reflectometry, and the system structure diagram is shown in fig. 2. The light emitted by the laser is modulated by the pulse modulator to be changed into pulse light, the pulse light is amplified to certain power by the amplifier and then enters the optical fiber to be detected by the circulator, and the backward Rayleigh scattering light in the transmission process returns by the circulator and is received by the photoelectric detector after being analyzed and polarized by the analyzer. When the optical fiber is disturbed by the outside world, the SOP of the light in the optical fiber will change. Meanwhile, because the optical pulse generates backward Rayleigh scattering when being transmitted in the optical fiber, the change of the SOP of the backward scattering light is detected by the detector, and the disturbed information of the optical fiber can be obtained.
Polarized signal fading phenomenon of polarized light time domain reflectometer and redefinition of phenomenon
Polarization signal fading phenomenon in polarization optical time domain reflectometer
The POTDR curve of one pulse period is shown in fig. 3, fig. 3 (1) is a curve before disturbance, fig. 3 (2) is a curve after disturbance, a difference POTDR curve of fig. 3 (3) is obtained by differentiating the POTDR curves of adjacent times, and then whether a disturbance event occurs and the position of the disturbance event can be obtained through simple threshold judgment. It is evident that a disturbance occurred around 2400. But there is significant fluctuation in the signal after the perturbation point, some places even close to 0, which is commonly referred to as polarization signal fading phenomenon of the POTDR system.
In order to suppress polarization signal fading, patent CN106767961B realizes multiple SOP inputs through a multi-wavelength laser and a polarization maintaining fiber, uses a wavelength division demultiplexer at a receiving end, and detects the SOP of each wavelength of light respectively by analyzers in different directions. Fig. 4 (1) is a differential curve of a conventional POTDR system, and fig. 4 (2) is a curve after fading suppression of the polarization signal according to the scheme of patent CN 106767961B. We found that there are still some polarization decay points. There are two main reasons for this, that is, (1) although multiple SOPs are generated at the input end by using a multi-wavelength laser and a polarization maintaining fiber, the relative state of the SOPs of different wavelengths cannot be maintained during transmission due to the different corresponding refractive index coefficients of the different wavelengths of light in the fiber. Therefore, the patent describes "using the complementarity of the polarization state changes generated after the optical waves with different polarization states are disturbed in the optical fiber, averaging the results, and eliminating the fading points in the signal," and the "complementarity" does not strictly hold as the polarized optical signal is transmitted in the optical fiber. (2) At the detection end, the SOP of each wavelength signal light is detected by only one analyzer, so that the POTDR differential signal corresponding to each wavelength has the same signal fading phenomenon as that in the original POTDR system. This scheme cannot completely eliminate signal fading in the POTDR system.
Redefinition of fading phenomena in polarized signals
There are definitions: the fading phenomenon of the polarization signal of the POTDR system is generally described as the fluctuation of the signal at different positions along the optical fiber after the disturbance point of the differential POTDR curve, and the position where the signal is close to zero is called as the fading point.
However, the signal light SOP at the disturbance point undergoes the same and adjacent disturbance twice in forward scattering and back scattering, the principal axes of birefringence of the optical fibers are kept consistent, and it can be considered that the SOP generates a disturbance effect twice as much as one disturbance, which is equivalent to only one disturbance. And the point after the disturbance point experiences two times of same but non-adjacent disturbance, and the two times of disturbance are not adjacent, so the overall effect of the change of the SOP caused by the two times of disturbance can be enhanced and can be weakened. If the effect is a fade, this appears as a signal fade point on the differential POTDR curve. In practice, this point is perturbed and a signal is likely to be observed.
Therefore, we consider that the existing definition describing the fading phenomenon of polarization signals in the POTDR system has drawbacks, and now redefine it as follows: and (3) disturbing the POTDR system, only considering the response condition of a disturbance point, applying the same disturbance to different positions of the sensing optical fiber, and if the SOP change signal of the disturbance point has intensity fluctuation and is close to 0, determining that the POTDR system has a polarization signal fading phenomenon.
Simulation analysis-reason for polarization signal fading in polarization optical time domain reflectometer
Wave plate model of optical fiber
The whole system is generally simulated by a wave plate model.
It is well known that the SOP description of light can be fully expressed using a four-dimensional stokes vector. Knowing the stokes vectors of the input light and the output light, the fiber can be regarded as a black box system, and there must be a system response function that can completely describe its polarization properties, as in the formula:
due to the fact that
And
is a 4 × 1 matrix, thenＭIs a 4 x 4 matrix and is characterized in that,Mreferred to as the miller matrix. If a complex optical fiber link is consideredNAs a result of the cascading of individual waveplates, each having a transmission matrix ofM i （i=1，2，…，N) Then the overall input-output relationship of the system satisfies:
the transmission matrix for each waveplate can be represented by,
wherein the subscriptiIs shown asiA wave plate is arranged on the base plate,
is a fast axis andxthe included angle between the axes is set by the angle,
in order to shift the phase of the signal,
the insertion loss of the corresponding wave plate.
For POTDR systems we consider the back-to-Miller matrix of wave plates
Back to miller matrix
And forward miller matrixMThe relationship of (1) is:
wherein the content of the first and second substances,R= diag (1, 1,1, -1). After the rayleigh scattering coefficient is considered,ithe back-to-miller matrix of the cascaded waveplates is:
wherein the content of the first and second substances,ris as followsnThe rayleigh scattering coefficient of each wave plate.
If the time domain depolarization effect of POTDR is not considered, the sensing fiberiThe signal light SOP of each wave plate can be expressed as:
simulation result-analysis of fading cause of polarization signal
Before simulation, the external disturbance is analyzed, and the external disturbance is assumed to be micro-disturbance (because it is meaningful to consider signal fading only in the micro-disturbance case) to mainly cause longitudinal strain. The birefringence axis of the disturbed fiber wave plate remains unchanged, and the phase difference of the fast and slow axis light changes linearly with the disturbance intensity.
The light polarization state can be represented by a four-dimensional Stokes vector of S = [ ]S 0 ,S 1 ,S 2 ,S 3]In which S is 0 As the total light intensity, S1，S2，S3The three coordinate systems on the Bonga sphere are shown in Table 1. Suppose the analyzer follows the Bongajia ballS 1The axes are arranged so that the intensity of the emergent light of the analyzer is
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TABLE 1 definition of various parameters of Stokes vector
The simulation parameters are shown in table 2. The simulated fiber length was 200 m. The length of a single wave plate is 1m and the optical pulse width is 100 ns. The repetition frequency of the light pulse is 100Hz, namely the sampling rate of the external disturbance signal is 100 Hz. The included angle between the fast axis of the wave plate and the x axis of the coordinate system is [0,2 pi ]]Randomly distributed within the range. The phase difference of the fast and slow axis light is averaged with 0degree, and 0.4515 is Gaussian distribution with standard deviation. Input light SOP of
. The external disturbance duration is 1s, the disturbance frequency is 5Hz, and the maximum phase shift caused by the disturbance is 10 degrees.
TABLE 2 simulation parameters
In particular, the time domain depolarization effect of the POTDR system is not considered here for the convenience of observing the simulation results. Because the used sensing optical fiber has short distance and small optical fiber loss, the simulation process is not considered.
The birefringence of the fiber and the change in SOP of the light wave propagating in the fiber can be expressed by the poincar sphere. The SOP of a fully polarized light traveling in an optical fiber may be represented as a point on the surface of the poincare sphere, and the effect of the birefringence of the optical fiber on the SOP is represented as the rotation of the SOP on the surface of the poincare sphere by a certain angle about one axis of the poincare sphere. Through simulation analysis, with the help of the poincare sphere, we find that there are three main causes of signal fading, as shown in fig. 5-7, (1) in fig. 5, the circle where the SOP rotates due to external disturbance is very small, which can be understood as that the external disturbance hardly causes the change of SOP. (2) In fig. 6, the circle in which the SOP rotates is perpendicular to the analyzer, fig. 6 (1) is an original diagram in this case, and fig. 6 (2) is a front view in this case. (3) In fig. 7, although the circle in which the SOP rotates is parallel to the analyzer, but the rotation direction is perpendicular to the analyzer, fig. 7 (1) is an original view in this case, and fig. 7 (2) is a front view in this case. Although there is a large disturbance, the optical power change obtained after passing through the analyzer will be small. For conventional POTDR sensing methods, due to the above factors, the response to external disturbances is insensitive at many locations on the fiber, and the disturbance information is buried in noise. Therefore, in the POTDR measurement, disturbance information of a plurality of positions is difficult to accurately measure, which causes false alarm or backward shift of the disturbed position information, and is a difficult problem to be solved in the POTDR sensing system.
Polarized light time domain reflectometer design based on three-polarization state time division multiplexing
In order to suppress the polarization signal fading phenomenon in the POTDR system, we start from the cause of polarization signal fading.
(1) The circle on which the polarization state rotation caused by external disturbance is located is very small
The change locus of the SOP due to external perturbation (the direction of the principal axis of birefringence is not changed, and only the magnitude of birefringence is changed) is an arc of rotation around the principal axis of birefringence when viewed on the poincare sphere. Therefore, for the first fading cause, it is possible to solve the problem by time-division multiplexing input of pulsed light having two SOPs at the signal transmitting end. When the circle of the SOP rotation locus of the disturbance point of one path of signal light is small, the circle of the SOP rotation locus of the other path of signal light at the disturbance point is not necessarily small.
(2) The circle of the polarization rotation is perpendicular to the analyzer
For this reason, two analyzers can be used placed at 45 ° in the jones domain (actual physical space), so that the two analyzers are perpendicular to each other in the stokes space (banger sphere). Thus when one analyzer is perpendicular to the circle on which the SOP rotates, the other analyzer must be parallel to this circle.
(3) Although the circle on which the polarization state rotates is parallel to the analyzer, the direction of rotation is perpendicular to the analyzer
For this situation, based on the measures (1) and (2), an analyzer may be added at the receiving end, and finally a system scheme for time division multiplexing full polarization detection in three polarization states is formed. When the condition (3) occurs, the rotation direction of the SOP of the disturbance point is necessarily parallel to the newly added analyzer, and the change of the SOP can be detected.
The simulation results of fig. 8 and 9 can be obtained by simulating the designed system according to the wave plate model. Fig. 8 shows a traditional POTDR polarization signal fading phenomenon (obtained by applying a perturbation to each point along the fiber to obtain a response curve of a perturbation point) detected by a single polarization input single analyzer. Fig. 9 shows the fading suppression effect of the polarization signal of the three-polarization-state time division multiplexing full-polarization-state detection system designed by the present invention, and it can be seen that the fading point is completely suppressed.
Realization of polarized light time domain reflectometer based on time division multiplexing of three polarization states
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As shown in fig. 10, the present invention provides a polarization optical time domain reflectometer based on time division multiplexing of three polarization states, including: light source, polarization state generator, pulse modulator, circulator, sensing fiber, dual polarization state detection device, photoelectric detector, signal acquisition card and treater, wherein:
the output port of the light source is connected with the input port of the polarization state generator through an optical fiber, and the light source outputs a direct current optical signal;
the output port of the polarization state generator is connected with the input port of the pulse modulator through an optical fiber, and the polarization state generator is used for enabling the polarization states of the output light of the polarization state generator to be mutually vertical when viewed on the Poincar sphere;
the output port of the pulse modulator is connected with the first port of the circulator through an optical fiber; the pulse modulator is used for modulating the direct current optical signal into a narrow pulse optical signal;
the second port of the circulator is connected with the sensing optical fiber; the third port of the circulator is connected with the dual-polarization state detection device through an optical fiber; a backward Rayleigh scattering signal in the sensing optical fiber is input through a second port of the circulator and output from a third port;
the dual-polarization state detection device is connected with the photoelectric detector through an optical fiber and is used for realizing the detection of the polarization state;
the photoelectric detector is connected with the signal acquisition card and is used for acquiring the light intensity of the light signal output by the dual-polarization state detection device;
the signal acquisition card is connected with the processor and is used for converting the light intensity analog electric signal detected by the photoelectric detector into a digital signal and then transmitting the digital signal to the processor for processing;
the processor is connected with the polarization state generator and is used for controlling the polarization state output by the polarization state generator to be switched among three mutually vertical polarization states; the processor is also connected with the pulse modulator and used for controlling the pulse modulation period and the pulse width of the pulse modulator; the processor is also used for judging whether disturbance occurs according to the light intensity obtained by the photoelectric detector.
Specifically, the light source outputs direct current fully polarized light. Typically, POTDR does not use narrow linewidth light sources, and even narrow linewidth light sources have some disadvantages that can lead to significant interference effects.
The sensing fiber must be a single mode fiber. The optical fiber at other positions of the system is a common single mode optical fiber, and can be a polarization maintaining optical fiber. It should be noted that the sensing fiber must be a single mode fiber, and a polarization maintaining fiber cannot be used, because the polarization maintaining fiber is a high birefringence fiber, and there is a time domain depolarization effect, which deteriorates polarization sensitivity.
The light emitted by the laser is linearly polarized.
The polarization state generator switches the output polarization state among three polarization states which are vertical to each other in different pulse periods. The output polarization states are not necessarily [1,1,0,0], [1,0,1,0] and [1,0,0,1] shown in fig. 10, as long as the three polarization states are perpendicular to each other.
The pulse modulator modulates the direct current optical signal into a narrow pulse optical signal. The pulsed light is then injected into the sensing fiber via the circulator. In the process of transmitting the pulse light along the sensing optical fiber, a backward Rayleigh scattering signal carrying external disturbance information is continuously generated. The SOP is measured by transmitting the SOP to a dual-polarization detector through a circulator, changes of the SOP carrying external disturbance information are converted into changes of light intensity, and further converted into electric signals through a photoelectric detector. Finally, the disturbance information is demodulated through signal processing.
There is also a certain requirement for the choice of the pulse width of the pulsed light signal. The time domain depolarization effect is a pulse coverage area, light at different position points in the optical fiber reaches the analyzer at the same time to form an accumulation effect, and the polarization states of the light participating in accumulation may be different, so that the time domain depolarization is caused. So that the Degree Of Polarization (DOP) is decreased. The narrower the pulse width, the less light will participate in the accumulation, and thus the narrower the pulse width, the weaker the time domain depolarization effect. This is for the entire sensing fiber. However, in practical applications, the fiber may form high birefringence points (mainly caused by large stress, bending, and torsion), where even a narrow pulse is not sufficient.
Generally, the beat length of a common single-mode fiber is about 30m, the pulse width of 10ns is adopted, the length of the covered fiber is 2m, and the time domain depolarization effect caused by intrinsic birefringence can be eliminated on the whole. Intrinsic birefringence is the birefringence introduced by the manufacturing process.
Further, as shown in fig. 11, an amplifier may be further disposed between the output port of the pulse modulator and the first port of the circulator, the output port of the pulse modulator is connected to the input port of the amplifier through an optical fiber, and the output port of the amplifier is connected to the first port of the circulator through an optical fiber. The amplifier is used for amplifying the optical signal to prolong the sensing distance.
Signal acquisition and processing
The detection of the polarized light time domain reflectometer is triggered by a rising edge, when an external trigger signal reaches the rising edge, the processor instructs the polarization state output by the polarization state generator to switch among three polarization states which are vertical to each other, and delays to wait for the completion or the simultaneous completion of SOP conversion for a period of time, the processor instructs the pulse modulator to work and output a narrow pulse light signal, and simultaneously, the signal acquisition card starts to acquire signals to convert light intensity analog electric signals detected by the photoelectric detector into digital signals and then transmits the digital signals to the processor for processing; the holding time of any polarization state of the polarization state generator is one period of an external trigger signal, and the working period of the pulse modulator is the same as that of the external trigger signal.
Fig. 12 is a timing diagram of the operation of the system, triggered by a rising edge, when a rising edge of an external trigger signal arrives, the polarization state of the output of the polarization state generator is switched (switched among three polarization states perpendicular to each other). And simultaneously or after a short time (waiting for the completion of SOP conversion), the pulse modulator works to output a narrow pulse optical signal. And simultaneously, the acquisition card starts to acquire.
The processor obtains each path of differential POTDR curve through differential operation of each path of collected output signals, then adds up each path of differential POTDR curve, averages to obtain a final differential POTDR curve, judges whether disturbance occurs and the position of the disturbance occurs through threshold judgment, or performs Fourier transform on an original signal, and analyzes frequency information of the disturbance.
It will be understood by those skilled in the art that the foregoing is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the invention, and that any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.
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1. A polarized optical time domain reflectometer based on time division multiplexing of three polarization states, comprising: light source, polarization state generator, pulse modulator, circulator, sensing fiber, dual polarization state detection device, photoelectric detector, signal acquisition card and treater, wherein:
the output port of the light source is connected with the input port of the polarization state generator through an optical fiber, and the light source outputs a direct current optical signal;
the output port of the polarization state generator is connected with the input port of the pulse modulator through an optical fiber, and the polarization state generator is used for enabling the polarization states of the output light of the polarization state generator to be mutually vertical when viewed on the Poincar sphere;
the output port of the pulse modulator is connected with the first port of the circulator through an optical fiber; the pulse modulator is used for modulating the direct current optical signal into a narrow pulse optical signal;
the second port of the circulator is connected with the sensing optical fiber; the third port of the circulator is connected with the dual-polarization state detection device through an optical fiber; a backward Rayleigh scattering signal in the sensing optical fiber is input through a second port of the circulator and output from a third port;
the dual-polarization state detection device is connected with the photoelectric detector through an optical fiber and is used for realizing the detection of the polarization state;
the photoelectric detector is connected with the signal acquisition card and is used for acquiring the light intensity of the light signal output by the dual-polarization state detection device;
the signal acquisition card is connected with the processor and is used for converting the light intensity analog electric signal detected by the photoelectric detector into a digital signal and then transmitting the digital signal to the processor for processing;
the processor is connected with the polarization state generator and is used for controlling the polarization state output by the polarization state generator to be switched among three mutually vertical polarization states; the processor is also connected with the pulse modulator and used for controlling the pulse modulation period and the pulse width of the pulse modulator; the processor is also used for judging whether disturbance occurs according to the light intensity obtained by the photoelectric detector.
2. The polarized optical time domain reflectometry apparatus based on time division multiplexing of three polarization states as claimed in claim 1, wherein an amplifier is further provided between the output port of the pulse modulator and the first port of the circulator, the output port of the pulse modulator being connected to the input port of the amplifier via an optical fiber, and the output port of the amplifier being connected to the first port of the circulator via an optical fiber.
3. The polarized optical time domain reflectometer based on time division multiplexing of three polarization states as in claim 1 or 2 wherein the polarization state generator switches the output polarization state between three polarization states orthogonal to each other at different pulse periods.
4. The triple-polarization-state time division multiplexing-based polarized optical time domain reflectometer as in claim 1 or 2, wherein the light source and the polarization state generator are single mode fibers or polarization maintaining fibers, and the sensing fiber is a single mode fiber.
5. The triple polarization state time division multiplexing based polarized optical time domain reflectometer as in claim 1 or 2, wherein the dual polarization state detection means is a dual polarization state detector or a full polarization state detector.
6. The polarized optical time domain reflectometry based on time division multiplexing of three polarization states as in claim 1 or 2 wherein the light source outputs direct current fully polarized light.
7. The method according to any one Of claims 1 to 6, wherein the detection Of the polarized light time domain reflectometer is triggered by a rising edge, when a rising edge Of an external trigger signal arrives, the processor instructs the Polarization State generator to switch the Polarization State output by the Polarization State generator between three Polarization states perpendicular to each other, and after a period Of time waiting for the completion or the simultaneous completion Of the conversion Of the Polarization State (SOP), the processor instructs the pulse modulator to operate to output a narrow pulse light signal, and simultaneously a signal acquisition card starts to acquire a signal to convert an optical intensity analog electrical signal detected by a photodetector into a digital signal, and then transmits the digital signal to the processor for processing; the holding time of any polarization state of the polarization state generator is one period of an external trigger signal, and the working period of the pulse modulator is the same as that of the external trigger signal.
8. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the processor obtains each difference POTDR curve from each collected output signal through a difference operation, then adds and averages each difference POTDR curve to obtain a final difference POTDR curve, and determines whether or not a disturbance occurs and a position where the disturbance occurs through a threshold decision, or performs fourier transform on an original signal to analyze frequency information of the disturbance.
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