WO2024024042A1 - 光モニタデバイス及び光強度測定方法 - Google Patents

光モニタデバイス及び光強度測定方法 Download PDF

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WO2024024042A1
WO2024024042A1 PCT/JP2022/029145 JP2022029145W WO2024024042A1 WO 2024024042 A1 WO2024024042 A1 WO 2024024042A1 JP 2022029145 W JP2022029145 W JP 2022029145W WO 2024024042 A1 WO2024024042 A1 WO 2024024042A1
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良 小山
宜輝 阿部
和典 片山
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  • the present disclosure relates to an optical monitoring device, and particularly to an optical monitoring device for detecting the intensity of light and feeding back the detection result to other components in an optical transmission device or the like.
  • optical fibers are used in the access networks between communication stations and user homes, and in the core networks that connect communication stations.
  • detection of the intensity of light propagating through optical fibers is often used to control communications and confirm the health of equipment.
  • a test light is propagated through an optical fiber, and the light intensity is detected to check the loss and health of the optical fiber, as well as the fiber targets and connections.
  • Patent Document 1 For optical intensity monitoring of access networks, a technique such as that described in Patent Document 1 is used, for example.
  • Patent Document 1 describes a technology for confirming the connection of optical fibers by bending optical fibers to leak propagated light, and this allows for confirmation of connections between optical fibers in access networks and for checking optical signals within optical fibers. Strength measurements can be performed.
  • the optical monitor device with the conventional arrangement still has the following problems.
  • the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1 can only measure one optical fiber at a time. Furthermore, in order to simultaneously measure multiple optical fibers that are in use at the same time, it is necessary to separate them into single fibers.
  • the present disclosure has been made in view of these points, and an object of the present disclosure is to make it possible to simultaneously measure the light intensity of a plurality of optical fibers arranged in a tape shape.
  • the optical monitoring device of the present disclosure includes: In an optical monitoring device that detects the intensity of light propagating through multiple optical fibers, a bending part for providing a bending part in a tape core wire in which the plurality of optical fibers are arranged in a tape shape in one row; a light receiving unit that receives a portion of the communication light leaking from the bent portion of the tape core wire; Equipped with The light-receiving device is characterized in that a number of light-receiving elements greater than the number of optical fibers are two-dimensionally arranged on the light-receiving surface of the light-receiving section.
  • the light intensity measurement method of the present disclosure includes: A light intensity measurement method for collectively measuring the intensity of light propagating through a plurality of optical fibers using the optical monitoring device of the present disclosure, the method comprising: Obtaining in advance the correspondence between the plurality of optical fibers and each light-receiving element by measuring the received light intensity at each light-receiving element when the light is emitted from the plurality of optical fibers for each optical fiber, detecting the light intensity of each light-receiving element received by the light-receiving section while the plurality of optical fibers are propagating light to be measured; Based on the correspondence relationship, for each optical fiber, (i) the light intensity of the propagating light before passing through the bending part; (ii) the light intensity of the propagating light after passing through the bending part; Measure at least one of the following:
  • the present disclosure since light is received using a light receiving section in which a number of light receiving elements greater than the number of optical fibers are arranged two-dimensionally on a light receiving surface, the light intensity of a plurality of optical fibers arranged in a tape shape is simultaneously received.
  • a measurable optical monitoring device can be realized.
  • An example of the configuration of the optical monitor device of this embodiment is shown.
  • An example of an image of leaked light from each optical fiber received by the light receiving surface is shown.
  • An example of a measurement system for measuring the correspondence between each optical fiber and a light receiving element is shown.
  • An example of a measurement system for measuring the light intensity of leaked communication light propagating through a tape cable is shown.
  • An example of a measurement system for measuring the correspondence between each optical fiber and a light receiving element is shown.
  • the optical monitor device of this embodiment has the configuration illustrated in FIG.
  • the optical monitoring device of this embodiment is an optical monitoring device that detects the intensity of light propagating through a plurality of optical fibers 11.
  • F1 to F4 when distinguishing between the four optical fibers 11, they will be expressed as F1 to F4.
  • the optical monitor device of this embodiment is a bending section 91 for providing the bending section 13 on the tape core wire 12; a light receiving section 92 that receives the leaked light 14 leaking from the bent portion 13 of the tape core wire 12; an arithmetic processing section 93 that calculates the light intensity of the light propagating through the optical fiber 11 before or after passing through the bending section 13 using the light intensity of the leaked light 14 received by the light receiving section 92; has.
  • the bending section 91 bends the optical fiber 11 with a predetermined bending radius R.
  • the bending radius R is an arbitrary angle that allows the leakage light 14 to leak from the optical fiber 11.
  • FIG. 2 shows, for example, the appearance of images caused by leakage light of each of the optical fibers F1 to F4 on the light receiving surface 92S when the number of fibers in the ribbon fiber 12 is four, and the leakage light 14- of all the optical fibers 11. 14-4.
  • the image 15 of the leaked lights 14-1 to 14-4 of all the optical fibers 11 is represented by the sum of the leaked lights 14-1 to 14-4 of each of the optical fibers F1 to F4.
  • the light intensity of the leaked light at each of the light receiving elements M1 to MN is measured in advance when the light intensity after passing through the bending part 13 from the optical fiber F1 becomes a predetermined reference intensity Pr, and the light intensity is calculated. It is recorded in the processing unit 93.
  • the measurement system for this recording is shown in FIG.
  • the ribbon fiber 12 is installed in the bending part 91, the optical fiber F1 is connected to the light source 81 and the light intensity measuring device 83, and the light is input from the light source 81 to the optical fiber F1, and the light receiving part 92 Receives leaked light 14-1.
  • the light intensity incident on the optical fiber F1 is adjusted using the variable attenuator 82 so that the light intensity after passing through the bending part 13 becomes the reference intensity Pr. Adjust.
  • the arithmetic processing unit 93 can obtain the correspondence relationships Or 11 to Or 1N between the optical fiber F1 and the light receiving elements M1 to MN.
  • the arithmetic processing unit 93 records the correspondence relationships Or 21 to Or MN between the optical fibers F2 to FM and the light receiving elements M1 to MN.
  • optical fibers F1 to FM and the light receiving elements M1 to MN can be expressed as follows.
  • Or ij is the light intensity received by the j-th light receiving element provided in the light receiving section 92 when the light is emitted from the i-th optical fiber among the optical fibers F1 to FM.
  • the correspondence relationships Or 11 to Or 1N may be obtained depending on the type of tape core wire 12, and the correspondence relationships Or 11 to Or 1N may be selected for each type of tape core wire 12.
  • the measurement system used for actual measurement is shown in FIG. Assuming that the light intensity after passing through the bending part 13 of the light propagating through the optical fibers F1 to FM is k 1 to k M times the reference intensity Pr, the leakage light detected by each light receiving element M1 to MN is The light intensity O 1 to O N is the sum of the light incident from each of the optical fibers F1 to FM, so it is expressed as in Equation 2.
  • the light intensity of the light propagating through each of the optical fibers F1 to FM after passing through the bending portion 13 can be calculated using Equation 3.
  • the subscript "+" on the right shoulder of the matrix represents a general inverse matrix.
  • the optical intensity measured by the intensity measuring device 83 is the reference intensity Pr
  • the tape core wire 12 is removed from the bending part 91 and Or 11 to Or 1N are recorded as shown in FIG.
  • the light intensity of the propagating light before passing through the bending portion 13 can be measured.
  • the correspondence relationships Or 21 to Or MN between the optical fibers F2 to FM and the light receiving elements M1 to MN before passing through the bent portion 13 are recorded. Thereby, it is possible to obtain a correspondence relationship corresponding to Equation 1 when measuring the light intensity before passing through the bending portion 13.
  • Equation 3 the light intensity of the propagating light before passing through the bending portion 13 can be calculated.
  • the light intensity measurement method of the present disclosure includes: Obtain the correspondence expressed by formula 1 in advance, In a state where the optical fiber 11 is propagating the light to be measured, the light intensity is detected using the light receiving unit 92 using Equation 3, Based on the above-mentioned correspondence relationship, for each optical fiber F1 to FM, (i) the light intensity of the propagating light before passing through the bending part 13; (ii) the light intensity of the propagating light after passing through the bending part 13; Measure at least one of the following:
  • the correspondence between the optical fiber 11 and each of the light receiving elements M1 to MN is obtained in advance. Therefore, based on the correspondence relationship, the intensity of any light propagating through the optical fiber 11, such as communication light and test light, can be measured all at once.
  • the optical monitoring device of the present disclosure can be used to monitor any light transmitted in an optical transmission system.
  • the optical monitor device of the present disclosure is installed in any device used in an optical transmission system, such as a transmitter, a receiver, or a relay device, and the measurement results at the light receiving section 92 are transmitted to any component inside or outside the device. It can be used for feedback or feedforward to.
  • the optical monitor device of the present disclosure can be inserted in the middle of a transmission line in an optical transmission system, and the intensity and propagation loss of an optical signal in the transmission line can be measured.
  • the optical monitor device of this embodiment shows an example in which the number M of optical fibers 11 is four, the number M of optical fibers 11 may be any number greater than or equal to two.
  • the number M of optical fibers 11 is set, and the tape core wire 12 is installed at a position determined according to the number M of the bending portions 91. Thereby, the light intensity of any number of tape core wires 12 can be measured.
  • the propagation direction of the propagating light in the optical fiber 11 is unidirectional, but the propagating direction of the propagating light in the optical fiber 11 may be bidirectional.
  • light receiving sections 92 that receive the leaked light 14 are arranged on both sides of the bending section 13, and the correspondence expressed by Equation 1 is obtained in advance for each direction.
  • the shape of the bending portion 91 is arbitrary, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, the bending radius R may be formed over an angle ⁇ of less than 180 degrees, and both ends thereof may be flat surfaces.
  • the structure in which the tape core wire 12 is stretched around the bending section 91 is arbitrary; a member that presses the tape core wire 12 may be used in the bending section 91, or a structure in which the tape core wire 12 is wound around the bending section 91. It may be.
  • each configuration included in the optical monitoring device has been described, but the bending section 91, the light receiving section 92, and the arithmetic processing section 93 included in the optical monitoring device may be housed in one housing.
  • the arithmetic processing section 93 may be provided in the light receiving section 92.
  • the arithmetic processing unit 93 of the present disclosure can also be realized by a computer and a program, and the program can be recorded on a recording medium or provided through a network.
  • the program of the present disclosure is a program for realizing a computer as the arithmetic processing unit 93, and is a program for causing the computer to execute each step included in the method executed by the arithmetic processing unit 93.
  • This disclosure can be applied to the information and communication industry.
  • Optical fiber 12 Tape core wire 13: Bending section 14, 14-1 to 14-4: Leakage light 81: Light source 82: Variable attenuator 83: Light intensity measuring device 91: Bending section 92: Light receiving section 92S: Light receiving surface 93: Arithmetic processing section

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