Fiber sensing system with self-detection mechanism

Details Fiber sensing system with self-detection mechanism Fiber sensing system with self-detection mechanism

2011-04-12

2011-04-12

Lepisto, Ryan (Department: 2883)

Optical waveguides

Optical waveguide sensor

C385S018000, C398S002000, C398S003000, C370S223000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07925126

ABSTRACT:
The present invention discloses a fiber sensing system with self-detection mechanism which utilizes a central office to control secondary ring architecture formed by fiber sensor, remote node and optical coupler primarily. The secondary ring architecture is connected serially to form a primary ring architecture. The central office has a tunable laser light source that can deliver the light source to the fiber sensor. Since the fiber sensor has reflective ability, all light source signal sent by the tunable laser light source will be detected and measured by the fiber sensor. Thus central office can detect all signals reflected by the fiber sensor and produce a spectrum for analyzing fault point locations. The present invention can greatly enhance survivability and sensing capacity of all fiber sensors, so that when a fault point caused by environmental change within the fiber, it will not effect the overall operation of the sensing mechanism. The application of fiber sensor can also reduce cost and complexity of the overall fiber network topology.

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