OPTICAL FIBER STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND OPTICAL FIBER STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT METHOD

摘要

A self-delayed homodyne interferometer includes light source unit, a splitting unit, an interference signal acquisition unit, a scattered light intensity acquisition unit, and a signal processing unit. The light source unit generates probe light. The splitting unit splits into two branches, Brillouin backscattered light occurring in an optical fiber to be measured with the probe light. The acquisition unit receives scattered light of one branch, and uses a self-delayed homodyne interferometer to generate an interference signal. The acquisition unit receives scattered light of the other branch, and acquires intensity of the scattered light. The signal processing unit separates and acquires a frequency shift amount from the intensity of the interference signal, and strain and temperature change from the intensity of the scattered light. The acquisition unit can change a phase of the scattered light of the one of the two branches.