Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 41, Issue 13, 1306001(2021)

Enhanced C-OTDR-Based Online Monitoring Scheme for Long-Distance Submarine Cables

Xuping Zhang1,4, Xiaohong Chen1,2,4, Lei Liang1,4, Shisong Zhao3, Rulong He5, Shuai Tong1,4, Feng Wang1,4, Ningmu Zou1、**, and Yixin Zhang1,4、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation, Ministry of Education, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210093, China
  • 2College of Electronic and Optical Engineering & College of Microelectronics, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China;
  • 3Nanjing Fiber Photonics Technology Co., Ltd, Nanjing, Jiangsu 211135, China
  • 4College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210023, China
  • 5Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, Hubei 430032, China
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    Diagram of optical fiber deformation caused by external vibration
    Improved C-OTDR structure
    Waveforms of intermediate frequency signals in P state and S state
    Process flow of optimal selection algorithm of polarization diversity amplitude
    Loss test results of 216 curves under different polarization states. (a) P state; (b) S state; (c) two states accumulation
    Partial enlargement of Fig. 5. (a) P state; (b) S state; (c) two states accumulation
    Signal amplitude waterfall near PZT in P polarization state
    Phase information extracted from two polarization states and reconstruction results after optimization. (a) Phase extraction result of P polarization state; (b) phase extraction result of S polarization state; (c) amplitude sum before and after perturbation position; (d) optimal result; (e) reconstructed signal after processing by optimal selection algorithm of polarization diversity amplitude
    Temporal and spatial amplitude waterfall diagram of water pump spraying process
    Vibration waveform of water impacting optical cable
    Temporal and spatial amplitude waterfall diagram obtained from anchor damage simulation test
    Time domain waveform of vibration signal measured by anchor damage simulation
    Schematic of two-terminal cooperation of marine cable monitoring system
    • Table 1. Performance comparison of long distance C-OTDR and Φ-OTDR sensing systems

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      Table 1. Performance comparison of long distance C-OTDR and Φ-OTDR sensing systems

      No.YearReferenceTechnologyDistance /kmSpatialresolution /mMonitoringparameter
      11995Ref. [39]C-OTDR90.01000Loss
      22009Ref. [10]C-OTDR & logarithmic detection (LD)100.01000Loss
      32014Ref. [12]Frequency-division-multiplexing (FDM)-COTDR80.01000Loss
      42014Ref. [23]Bidirectional Raman amplification (BRA) & Φ-OTDR131.58Vibration
      52014Ref. [24]Hybrid distributed amplification (HAD) & Φ-OTDR175.025Vibration
      62016Ref. [5]C-OTDR180.01000Vibration
      72016Ref. [34]OTDR & Φ-OTDR70.010Loss, vibration
      82019Ref. [21]Direct detection(DD)Φ-OTDR102.715Vibration
      92021This workC-OTDR & Φ-OTDR127.0100Loss, vibration
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    Xuping Zhang, Xiaohong Chen, Lei Liang, Shisong Zhao, Rulong He, Shuai Tong, Feng Wang, Ningmu Zou, Yixin Zhang. Enhanced C-OTDR-Based Online Monitoring Scheme for Long-Distance Submarine Cables[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2021, 41(13): 1306001

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Mar. 22, 2021

    Accepted: Apr. 27, 2021

    Published Online: Jul. 11, 2021

    The Author Email: Zou Ningmu (zouningmu@gmail.com), Zhang Yixin (zyixin@nju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS202141.1306001

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