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This paper shows an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) system based on an avalanche photodiode (APD) receiver, a 520 nm laser diode transmitter, a high-speed analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a commercially available field programmable gate array (FPGA). This approach allows OTDR measurements up to 200 m and provides a spatial resolution of 20 cm. Depending on the number of averaging, the measurement time can be between 5 s and 50 s for a range up to 200 m with a good signal to noise ratio.
This paper shows the results on the data transmission over distances of up to 350 m SI-POF with KDPOF Media Converter based on Gigabit POF Transceiver KD1001 (KD-EVK1001MC Evaluation Kit) and laser diode (LD) operating at 520 nm. A bit rate of 1 Gbit/s with 16-PAM modulation scheme can be achieved over 200 m SI-POF. At longer distances, the bit rate is automatically reduced by KDPOF transceiver according to the actual channel capacity.
We report on a proposal for an incoherent optical frequency domain reflectometry (I-OFDR) for 1-mm core diameter PMMA SI-POF. An avalanche photodiode receiver and optimized transmitter based on a 515-nm laser diode allow measurement up to 200 m SI-POF. The measurements have been carried out using a vector network analyzer; the subsequent data processing has been implemented in MATLAB.
We present a robust concept for quasi distributed strain measurement using optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) in polymer optical fibers (POF). The spatial shifts of discrete reflective events in the OTDR trace are evaluated as reference points. It is shown how such reference reflections can be prepared and which properties can be expected.
B8.3 Influence of Temperature on Distributed Strain Sensing with OTDR in Polymer Optical Fibers
(2021)
Strain in ground and earthworks can be measured by polymer optical fibers (POF) applied to geotextiles. We measure the increase of backscatter (IOB) in the fiber under strain using optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR). The effect of temperature on this measurement principle is investigated. The local backscatter changes by 0.003 dB/K for common ambient temperature. In addition it is shown, that temperature depended viscoelastic properties of the polymer does affect IOB.
This paper presents the development and optimization of a software Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) decoder for an Ethernet to step-index polymer optical fiber (SI-POF) media converter with forward error correction (FEC) for sensor data. The background of this paper encompasses the increasing demand for reliable and efficient data communication for sensor data. The proposed algorithm focuses on decoding BCH messages with different block lengths, targeting error correction capability against t = 1, 2, and 3 errors. The software decoder was implemented and tested on a highperformance STM32H743ZI microcontroller, equipped with an ARM Cortex-M7 processor operating at 480 MHz. The algorithm underwent optimization to ensure efficient execution on the microcontroller’s limited resources, while maintaining the desired error correction performance. Experimental results demonstrate that the optimized BCH decoder achieved remarkable decoding speeds, allowing data rates of up to 245 Mbps for a BCH(255, 247, 1) code. The achieved speeds make the proposed decoder suitable for real time 10/100 Mbps Ethernet traffic, enabling reliable and accurate transmission of sensor data.
With polymer optical fibers (POF) attached to geotextiles, optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) can be used to measure strain of the geotextile spatially resolved in soil. We test the technique in a geotechnical application test and thus demonstrate the functionality of the sensor for field use.
There are various applications in high voltage, explosive or high electromagnetic interfered environments that require sensors with an electrical isolation from other components of a system. The basics of possible solution, based on optically powered sensor links, were shown previously. Because of different requirements for the applications, a variety of system approaches has been developed (available power for sensor purposes; length between the control node and the sensor; speed of transmitted data etc.). Key requirements and the current approaches will be discussed below.