Method and structure for diminishing signal interference of transmission path of optical fibre interference system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10145727-B2
Application number	US-201415028903-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 10, 2014
Priority date	Oct 12, 2013
Publication date	Dec 4, 2018
Grant date	Dec 4, 2018

Abstract

A method for diminishing the signal interference of a transmission path of an optical fiber interference system, belonging to the technical field of optical fiber sensing. A wavelength division multiplexer ( 19 ) is connected in series to the end of an induced optical fiber, a wavelength component (λ 2 ) is separated from an operating path by means of the wavelength division multiplexer ( 19 ) so as to measure a signal picked up by a transmission path, and the signal is removed from overall interference sensing signals by taking same as a reference, thereby obtaining a target measurement signal. Also provided is a structure for diminishing the signal interference of a transmission path of an optical fiber interference system. The method and the structure are simple; moreover, the device connected to the end of an induced optical fiber is passive, so that power supply is not required, and it is easy to implement. The present invention can be used for a sensing structure with a single measurement point and can be used in a sensing structure with a plurality of discontinuous measurement points as well.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for diminishing signal interference of a transmission path of an optical fiber interference system, comprising:
using a WDM along an optical fiber transmission path in the optical fiber interference system to construct an original optical fiber transmission path and a new optical fiber transmission path,
wherein the new optical fiber transmission path has an optical fiber path with sensing capability and only used for transmission, does not include a sensing unit, and has a same interference structure as the original optical fiber transmission path, and the interference structure of the original optical fiber path is located on the same optical fiber path as the interference structure of the new optical fiber path; and
wherein a portion of wavelength component is separated from the original optical fiber path by the action of WDM to independently extract signals picked up by transmission path optical fiber, the signals are referenced to separate a target signal interfered by signals picked up by transmission path optical fiber.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein,
when the sensing unit is connected in the middle of the transmission optical fiber, and if a sensing unit is connected between a first transmission optical fiber and a second transmission optical fiber, wherein the sensing unit has two ports; using two WDMs, a first WDM ( 14 ) having a combined wave port and two partial wave ports, the output wavelengths are λ 1 and λ 2 respectively; a second WDM having a combined wave port and two partial wave ports, and the output wavelengths are λ 1 and λ 2 respectively; the first WDM is connected between the first transmission optical fiber and the sensing unit, the second WDM is connected between the sensing unit and the second transmission optical fiber; the first WDM, the second WDM, and the sensing unit construct a multiplexing unit; wherein the first transmission optical fiber is connected with the combined wave port of the first WDM, a first partial wave port of the first WDM is connected with a first port of the sensing unit, a second partial wave port of the first WDM is connected with a second partial wave port of the second WDM, a second port of the sensing unit is connected with a first partial wave port of the second WDM, the combined wave port of the second WDM is connected with the second transmission optical fiber; the light with wavelength λ 1 has passed along the first transmission path optical fiber→sensing unit→the second transmission optical fiber, while light with wavelength λ 2 avoids the sensing unit, and is directly transmitted to the second transmission optical fiber from the first transmission optical fiber.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein,
when the sensing unit is connected to the end of the transmission optical fiber, a WDM having a combined wave port and two partial wave ports, the output wavelengths are λ 1 and λ 2 respectively; a structural unit for constructing the complete interference construction is connected at the end of the optical fiber, the WDM is connected in series between a transmission optical fiber and a sensing unit; wherein the transmission optical fiber is connected with the combined wave port of the first WDM, a first partial wave port of the WDM is connected with the sensing unit, a second partial wave port of the WDM is connected with the structural unit, and wherein the WDM, the sensing unit, and the structural unit construct a multiplexing unit.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, the sensing unit is a feedback device and the structural unit has an interference structure that is the same as that of the sensing unit.

5. The method according to claim 3 , wherein, the structural unit is a feedback device.

6. A structure for diminishing signal interference of transmission path of optical fiber interference system, wherein:
a WDM is used along optical fiber transmission path in the optical fiber interference system to construct an original optical fiber transmission path and a new optical fiber transmission path;
wherein an interference structure of the original optical fiber path is located on the same optical fiber path as an interference structure of the new optical fiber path
the new optical fiber transmission path has an optical fiber path with sensing capability and only used for transmission, does not include a sensing unit, and has a same interference structure as the original optical fiber transmission path.

7. The structure according to claim 6 , wherein,
when the sensing unit is connected in the middle of the transmission optical fiber, and if the sensing unit is connected between a first transmission optical fiber and a second transmission optical fiber, the sensing unit having two ports; the structure comprising two WDMs, wherein a first WDM has a combined wave port and two partial wave ports, the output wavelengths are λ 1 and λ 2 respectively; a second WDM has a combined wave port and two partial wave ports, and the output wavelengths are λ 1 and λ 2 respectively; the first WDM is connected between the first transmission optical fiber and the sensing unit, the second WDM is connected between the sensing unit and the second transmission optical fiber; the first WDM, the second WDM, and the sensing unit construct a multiplexing unit; wherein the first transmission optical fiber is connected with the combined wave port of the first WDM, a first partial wave port of the first WDM is connected with a first port of the sensing unit, a second partial wave port of the first WDM is connected with a second partial wave port of the second WDM, a second port of the sensing unit is connected with a first partial wave port of the second WDM, the combined wave port of the second WDM is connected with the second transmission optical fiber.

8. The structure according to claim 6 , wherein,
when the sensing unit is connected to in an end of the transmission optical fiber, the structure comprises: a WDM having a combined wave port and two partial wave ports, the output wavelengths are λ 1 and λ 2 respectively; a structural unit for constructing the complete interference construction is connected at the end of the optical fiber, the WDM is connected in series between a transmission optical fiber and a sensing unit; wherein the transmission optical fiber is connected with the combined wave port of the first WDM, a first partial wave port of the WDM is connected with the sensing unit, a second partial wave port of the WDM is connected with the structural unit, and wherein the WDM, the sensing unit, and the structural unit construct a multiplexing unit.

9. The structure according to claim 8 , wherein, the structural unit is a feedback device.

Assignees

• Univ Fudan

Inventors

• Jia Bo
• Xiao Qian
• Wu Yuan

Classifications

• G02B6/29347

  Loop interferometers, e.g. Sagnac, loop mirror · CPC title

• G01D5/35306 Primary

  using an interferometer arrangement · CPC title

• G01H9/006 Primary

  the vibrations causing a variation in the relative position of the end of a fibre and another element · CPC title

• H04R23/008

  using optical signals for detecting or generating sound · CPC title

• G02B6/2938

  for multiplexing or demultiplexing, i.e. combining or separating wavelengths, e.g. 1xN, NxM · CPC title