Vibration monitoring of optical fiber composited in overhead transmission line using φ-OTDR

Abstract

Abstract In order to evaluate the vibration state of the overhead line, the φ-OTDR (phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry) is applied to the vibration monitoring for the optical fiber composited in overhead transmission line. The principle of φ-OTDR and the IQ demodulation algorithm is introduced. Common mono-mode dark optical fiber simulates the optical fiber composited in an overhead line. The sinusoidal vibration is applied to the optical fiber using an arbitrary waveform generator and piezoelectric ceramic transducer (PZT). The vibration status in the optical fiber is measured by optical fiber vibration monitoring system using φ-OTDR. The result reveals that this system can demodulate the vibration applied to the optical fiber. This paper provides a reference for vibration monitoring optical fiber composite overhead lines.