Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 3, 030601(2021)

Classification of interference-fading tolerant Φ-OTDR signal using optimal peak-seeking and machine learning [Invited]

Yixin Zhang1, Tong Zhou1, Zhewen Ding1, Yanqing Lu1, Xuping Zhang1、*, Feng Wang1, and Ningmu Zou2、**
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Intelligent Optical Sensing and Manipulation (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14850, USA
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    Flow chart of fading suppression method.
    (a) Probability of signal falling into the dead zone under different window size (100 ns). (b) Probability of signal falling into the dead zone under different pulse width.
    (a) Ada-5032E. (b) Schematic diagram of the experiment. (NLL, narrow-linewidth laser; AOM, acoustic-optical modulator; FUT, fiber under test; EDFA, erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Cir, circulator; BPD, balanced photodetector; DAQ, data acquisition card; PZT, piezo transducer.)
    STFT spectrum of phase results in 15 s. (a) Traditional method. (b) Proposed method.
    Accuracy of two methods within 5 min.
    STFT spectrum of 10 ramming ground tests. (a) Traditional method. (b) Proposed method.
    (a) Excavator digging event. (b) Time domain wave pattern of an invasive event. (c) Frequency-domain image after STFT. (d) Binary image after threshold filtering.
    (a) Parameter optimization results of SVM model. (b) Schematic structure of feedforward neural network. (c) Mean squared error.
    • Table 1. Definition of Pattern Features

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      Table 1. Definition of Pattern Features

      FeatureSymbolDescription
      AreaSTotal number of pixels
      PerimeterPNumber of pixels on edge
      CompactnessCon(Square of P)/S
      Number of clustersNcNumber of connected pixel clusters
    • Table 2. Category and Counts of Samples and Labels

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      Table 2. Category and Counts of Samples and Labels

      Event CategoryNumber of SamplesLabel
      Excavator digging931
      Engineering truck passing1482
      Falling rock533
      Pile driver hitting374
      Directional drilling525
    • Table 3. Testing Dataset and Results of Both Models

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      Table 3. Testing Dataset and Results of Both Models

      EventNumber of SamplesAccuracy (%)
      SVMFNN
      Excavator digging24100100
      Truck passing41100100
      Rock falling13100100
      Stick ramming96778
      Driller punching13100100
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    Yixin Zhang, Tong Zhou, Zhewen Ding, Yanqing Lu, Xuping Zhang, Feng Wang, Ningmu Zou. Classification of interference-fading tolerant Φ-OTDR signal using optimal peak-seeking and machine learning [Invited][J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(3): 030601

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Oct. 23, 2020

    Accepted: Jan. 19, 2021

    Published Online: Mar. 11, 2021

    The Author Email: Xuping Zhang (xpzhang@nju.edu.cn), Ningmu Zou (nz86@cornell.edu)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.030601

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