Infrared and Laser Engineering, Volume. 51, Issue 11, 20220111(2022)

Development and installation of fiber optic interferometric seafloor seismic and tsunami monitoring system

Miao Yu1, Yutong He1、*, Yue Yang2, Chongfu Zhang1, Chongjian Wu3, Liyao Cheng3, and Qian Kong1
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Electronic Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Zhongshan Institute, Zhongshan 528402, China
  • 2College of Instrumentation & Electrical Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, China
  • 3Zhuhai Pegasus Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., Zhuhai 519000, China
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    System was installed in the South China Sea off the Hainan Island
    (a) Sealed capsule fixed on the bed of a concrete block; (b) Fastening screw and the fixed button on the sealed capsule
    Diagram of the sealed capsule structure
    System block diagram of optical fiber interferometric seafloor seismic tsunami monitoring
    Vibration head structure diagram
    Structure of water level monitor probe
    Location sketch of the Sulawesi earthquake
    Seismic wave propagation paths from the epicenter to the seismometer
    Acceleration waveforms of the ML6.8 earthquake in the adjacent sea area of the Sulawesi, Indonesia
    Water level measurements of three days (April 11–13, 2019)
    Water level measurements of one hour (19:30-20:30 pm during the Sulawesi earthquake)
    • Table 1. Important specifications of submarine optical cable

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      Table 1. Important specifications of submarine optical cable

      ParametersValues
      Minimum breaking load577000 N
      Instantaneous tensile strength normal load403000 N
      Operating normal load201000 N
      Permanent strength normal load134000 N
      Minimum bending radius0.9 m
      Operating temperature−10-50 ℃
      DC resistance in metallic conductors< 2.0 Ω/km
    • Table 2. Key digital specifications of system

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      Table 2. Key digital specifications of system

      ParametersValues
      Cosine modulation frequency (seismometer)16 kHz
      ADC sampling rate (seismometer)500 kHz
      Measurements sampling rate (seismometer)200 Sps
      Linear modulation frequency (water level monitor)10 kHz
      ADC sampling rate (water level monitor)10 MHz
      Measurements sampling rate (water level monitor)100 Sps
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    Miao Yu, Yutong He, Yue Yang, Chongfu Zhang, Chongjian Wu, Liyao Cheng, Qian Kong. Development and installation of fiber optic interferometric seafloor seismic and tsunami monitoring system[J]. Infrared and Laser Engineering, 2022, 51(11): 20220111

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical communication and sensing

    Received: Feb. 17, 2022

    Accepted: Apr. 2, 2022

    Published Online: Feb. 9, 2023

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    DOI:10.3788/IRLA20220111

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