A method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of cavity length of optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor

Abstract

The invention discloses a high-speed demodulation and real-time verification method for the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor, comprising the following steps: 1) calibrating the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor; 2) the calculation demodulation module processes a sparse spectrum to obtain a cavity length reference value L2; the calculation demodulation module selects a wavelength from the sparse spectrum, and processes a light intensity signal corresponding to the wavelength according to the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor to obtain a cavity length demodulation value L1; the invention uses the cavity length value demodulated by the phase method principle to self-calibrate the intensity method demodulation value of the system, thereby overcoming the problem that the single intensity method is easily affected by sensor abnormality, environmental changes, etc. on the demodulation accuracy.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The invention relates to the technical field of optical fiber sensing, in particular to a method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor. Background Art

[0002] Fiber-optic Fabry-Perot sensors are a type of miniature sensor that uses optical fiber to form an optical Fabry-Perot cavity. They can measure different physical quantities such as pressure, strain, and acceleration through structural design. In theory, any physical quantity that can be converted into micro-displacement can be measured using a fiber-optic Fabry-Perot sensor. Taking a fiber-optic Fabry-Perot sensor as an example, the pressure causes the pressure-sensitive diaphragm on the Fabry-Perot end face to deform, resulting in a change in the length of the Fabry-Perot cavity, which modulates the signal of the multi-beam interference in the cavity. By demodulating the interfering light that carries the cavity length information, pressure information can be obtained. Therefore, demodulating the Fabry-Perot cavity length from the optical signal is the basis for the application of fiber-optic Fabry-Perot sensing measurements.

[0003] Phase demodulation is often used in engineering to calculate cavity length values. However, in tests such as high-speed pulsating pressure, thousands of complete spectral data need to be sampled and calculated, which inevitably leads to problems of large data volume and slow demodulation speed, restricting the application of such sensors in testing fields that require faster demodulation speeds.

[0004] There is a demodulation method and system of a white light interference type fiber Fabry-Perot sensor with few spectral sampling points in the prior art, which realizes high-speed sampling and demodulation by reducing data acquisition and resource occupation, but to realize high-precision demodulation, the algorithm still needs to consume a long time. The intensity demodulation method obtains the cavity length value by detecting the change of the output light intensity of a single wavelength (or several wavelengths), which has the advantages of simple principle, fast response and low cost. The high-speed real-time demodulation of the cavity length can be realized by using the intensity demodulation method, but the system using the intensity demodulation method is susceptible to interference from external factors such as light source, photodetector, optical fiber connection line disturbance and sensor spatial position change during the measurement process, so that the result error of the demodulation is large. Therefore, in the test of the actual application of the intensity demodulation method at present, a technical difficulty is that the cavity length value demodulated by the intensity method will deviate as the test proceeds, and even completely deviate from the correct result. The existing technical scheme cannot understand the error accumulation of the light intensity method in the measurement in real time, that is, it cannot verify the demodulation result in real time during the test to help the tester reasonably adjust the test process. Summary of the invention

[0005] The object of the present invention is to provide a method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor, comprising the following steps:

[0006] 1) Calibrate the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor;

[0007] 2) The broadband light source provides a wide spectrum input light source signal to the optical circulator through the optical fiber;

[0008] 3) The optical circulator transmits the broadband light source signal to the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor through the optical fiber, and receives the reflected light interference signal returned by the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor;

[0009] 4) The dense wavelength division multiplexer receives the reflected light interference signal, performs sparse light splitting of the reflected light interference signal into N discretely distributed wavelengths in the spectral domain, and transmits the N sparse light splitting signals to the photoelectric detection array;

[0010] 5) The photoelectric detector converts the N-channel sparse split light signals into analog electrical signals and transmits them to the signal amplification and conditioning module;

[0011] 6) The signal amplification and conditioning module amplifies and filters the analog electrical signal and transmits it to the high-speed parallel acquisition module;

[0012] 7) The high-speed parallel acquisition module transmits the amplified and filtered N-channel analog electrical signals to the calculation and demodulation module;

[0013] 8) The calculation and demodulation module converts the acquired N electrical signals into N sparse spectrum signals, and performs calculation processing on the sparse spectrum to obtain a cavity length reference value L2;

[0014] The calculation demodulation module selects a wavelength from the sparse spectrum, and processes the light intensity signal corresponding to the wavelength according to the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor to obtain the cavity length demodulation value L1;

[0015] 9) Complete self-checking, the steps include: calculating the demodulation module to calculate the difference |L1-L2| between the cavity length demodulation value and the cavity length reference value; if the difference |L1-L2| is less than the preset threshold value σ, then return to step 2) and continue the cavity length demodulation at the next moment; if the difference |L1-L2| is greater than or equal to the preset threshold value σ, then issue a warning signal and recalibrate the Fabry-Perot sensor cavity length-light intensity relationship.

[0016] Further, the step of calibrating the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor includes:

[0017] 1.1) A broadband light source provides a wide spectrum input light source signal to the optical circulator through an optical fiber;

[0018] 1.2) The optical circulator transmits the wide spectrum input light source signal to the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor through the optical fiber, and receives the reflected light interference signal returned by the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor;

[0019] 1.3) Using dense wavelength division multiplexer, photodetector, signal amplification and conditioning module, high-speed parallel acquisition module to obtain light intensity signal, and transmit it to calculation and demodulation module;

[0020] 1.4) The calculation demodulation module demodulates the light intensity signal to obtain the fiber Fabry-Perot cavity length L at the single wavelength point λ0. i ;

[0021] 1.5) Change the external environment conditions and return to step 1.2) until the cavity length sequence L = {L0, L1…L N}, and the spectrum intensity sequence P = {P0, P1...P N};

[0022] 1.6) For the cavity length sequence L = {L0, L1…L N} and the spectral intensity sequence P = {P0, P1...P N} is fitted to obtain the relationship between the cavity length and spectral intensity of the optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor at a single wavelength point λ0.

[0023] Furthermore, the light intensity signal I R As shown below:

[0024]

[0025] Where L is the cavity length; I0 is the incident light intensity; R is the end reflectivity, and λ is the wavelength of the light.

[0026] Furthermore, when the light intensity signal is demodulated, the wavelength range of the λ / 4 monochromatic light source centered at the Q point is used as the linear interval for demodulating the light intensity signal; λ is the wavelength of the light wave;

[0027] When the cavity length L fluctuates within the linear range of demodulation, the cavity length L and the received light intensity I R The linear range of demodulation is the wavelength range of the λ / 4 monochromatic light source centered at the Q point with the largest slope.

[0028] The approximate linear relationship is as follows:

[0029] I R =αI0L(2)

[0030] In the formula, I R is the light intensity signal; α is the proportional coefficient; L is the cavity length; I0 is the incident light intensity.

[0031] Furthermore, in step 5), a self-check is performed once every ΔT time interval.

[0032] Further, the step of selecting the single wavelength point λ comprises:

[0033] Taking the variation range of cavity length L, that is, the initial cavity length determined when designing the Fabry-Perot sensor and the cavity length when the maximum deformation is reached as variables, the characteristics of the reflection spectrum curves at the single wavelength points of N channels of the sparse spectrum are compared in turn, and the wavelength value corresponding to a curve that is monotonic, has the best linearity and the highest sensitivity within the cavity length range is selected as the single wavelength point λ.

[0034] The technical effect of the present invention is unquestionable. The present invention proposes a cavity length demodulation method for an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor based on an intensity method and having a self-calibration function. The method can achieve high-speed and real-time demodulation of the cavity length.

[0035] The present invention adopts two demodulation methods in a system, namely, real-time demodulation of cavity length based on intensity method and high-precision demodulation of cavity length based on sparse spectrum. The two methods do not need to add separate light source and data acquisition modules, thus realizing system multiplexing. The system can demodulate using intensity method and perform real-time verification during real-time operation, and can also demodulate cavity length using demodulation algorithm based on sparse spectrum for high-speed acquisition and storage of data.

[0036] The present invention uses the cavity length value demodulated by the phase method principle to self-check the cavity length demodulation value of the system by the intensity method, thereby overcoming the influence of the single intensity method on the demodulation accuracy caused by sensor abnormality, environmental changes and the like. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0037] Figure 1 (a)-(b) are the relationship curves between FP cavity length and output light intensity and the principle diagram of cavity length demodulation using the light intensity method;

[0038] Figure 2 The schematic diagram of the relationship between cavity length and light intensity at different single wavelengths;

[0039] Figure 3 The diagram is a schematic diagram of the spectrum of the wide-spectrum interferometric Fabry-Perot and the spectrum of sparse sampling points;

[0040] Figure 4 This is a diagram of the sparse spectrum sampling and demodulation system of the wide spectrum interferometric fiber Fabry-Perot sensor;

[0041] Figure 5 This is the operation flow chart of the cavity length real-time demodulation and self-checking system. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0042] The present invention is further described below in conjunction with the embodiments, but it should not be understood that the above subject matter of the present invention is limited to the following embodiments. Without departing from the above technical ideas of the present invention, various substitutions and changes are made according to the common technical knowledge and customary means in the art, which should all be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

[0043] Embodiment 1:

[0044] See also Figures 1 to 5 , a method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor, comprising the following steps:

[0045] 1) Calibrate the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor;

[0046] 2) The broadband light source provides a wide spectrum input light source signal to the optical circulator through the optical fiber;

[0047] 3) The optical circulator transmits the broadband light source signal to the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor through the optical fiber, and receives the reflected light interference signal returned by the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor;

[0048] 4) The dense wavelength division multiplexer receives the reflected light interference signal, performs sparse light splitting of the reflected light interference signal into N discretely distributed wavelengths in the spectral domain, and transmits the N sparse light splitting signals to the photoelectric detection array;

[0049] 5) The photoelectric detector converts the N-channel sparse split light signals into analog electrical signals and transmits them to the signal amplification and conditioning module;

[0050] 6) The signal amplification and conditioning module amplifies and filters the analog electrical signal and transmits it to the high-speed parallel acquisition module;

[0051] 7) The high-speed parallel acquisition module transmits the amplified and filtered N-channel analog electrical signals to the calculation and demodulation module;

[0052] 8) The calculation and demodulation module converts the acquired N electrical signals into N sparse spectrum signals, and performs calculation processing on the sparse spectrum to obtain a cavity length reference value L2;

[0053] The calculation demodulation module selects a wavelength from the sparse spectrum, and processes the light intensity signal corresponding to the wavelength according to the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor to obtain the cavity length demodulation value L1;

[0054] 9) Complete self-checking, the steps include: calculating the demodulation module to calculate the difference |L1-L2| between the cavity length demodulation value and the cavity length reference value; if the difference |L1-L2| is less than the preset threshold value σ, then return to step 2) and continue the cavity length demodulation at the next moment; if the difference |L1-L2| is greater than or equal to the preset threshold value σ, then issue a warning signal and recalibrate the Fabry-Perot sensor cavity length-light intensity relationship.

[0055] The steps for calibrating the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor include:

[0056] 1.1) A broadband light source provides a wide spectrum input light source signal to the optical circulator through an optical fiber;

[0057] 1.2) The optical circulator transmits the wide spectrum input light source signal to the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor through the optical fiber, and receives the reflected light interference signal returned by the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor;

[0058] 1.3) Using dense wavelength division multiplexer, photodetector, signal amplification and conditioning module, high-speed parallel acquisition module to obtain light intensity signal, and transmit it to calculation and demodulation module;

[0059] 1.4) The calculation demodulation module demodulates the light intensity signal to obtain the fiber Fabry-Perot cavity length L at the single wavelength point λ0. i ;

[0060] 1.5) Change the external environment conditions and return to step 1.2) until the cavity length sequence L = {L0, L1…L N}, and the spectrum intensity sequence P = {P0, P1...P N};

[0061] 1.6) For the cavity length sequence L = {L0, L1…L N} and the spectral intensity sequence P = {P0, P1...P N} is fitted to obtain the relationship between the cavity length and spectral intensity of the optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor at a single wavelength point λ0.

[0062] Light intensity signal I R As shown below:

[0063]

[0064] Where L is the cavity length; I0 is the incident light intensity; R is the end reflectivity, and λ is the wavelength of the light.

[0065] In step 1.4), when the light intensity signal is demodulated, the wavelength range of the λ / 4 monochromatic light source centered at the Q point is used as the linear interval for demodulating the light intensity signal; λ is the wavelength of the light wave;

[0066] When the cavity length L fluctuates within the linear range of demodulation, the cavity length L and the received light intensity I R The linear range of demodulation is the wavelength range of the λ / 4 monochromatic light source centered at the Q point with the largest slope.

[0067] The approximate linear relationship is as follows:

[0068] I R =αI0L (2)

[0069] In the formula, I R is the light intensity signal; α is the proportional coefficient; L is the cavity length; I0 is the incident light intensity.

[0070] In step 5), a self-check is completed once every ΔT time interval.

[0071] The steps of selecting a single wavelength point λ include:

[0072] Taking the variation range of cavity length L, that is, the initial cavity length determined when designing the Fabry-Perot sensor and the cavity length when the maximum deformation is reached as variables, the characteristics of the reflection spectrum curves at the single wavelength points of N channels of the sparse spectrum are compared in turn, and the wavelength value corresponding to a curve that is monotonic, has the best linearity and the highest sensitivity within the cavity length range is selected as the single wavelength point λ.

[0073] Embodiment 2:

[0074] See also Figures 1 to 5 , a method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor, comprising the following steps:

[0075] The sparse sampling hardware system is used to receive and store the interference signal reflected by the Fabry-Perot sensor in real time, and the intensity method demodulation value of the cavity length is obtained in real time and at high speed through the calculation demodulation system that has calibrated the cavity length-light intensity relationship in advance. At the same time, the system compares the cavity length value corresponding to the intensity method measurement with the cavity length value demodulated by the sparse spectrum according to the single-wavelength light intensity data and multi-channel sparse spectrum data obtained at the same sampling time, so as to verify the cavity length demodulation result of the intensity method. If the error is too large, the system will be alarmed, which is convenient for the system to carry out subsequent shutdown or secondary calibration.

[0076] The specific steps of demodulation and real-time verification are:

[0077] S1: Calibrate the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the system, set the self-calibration interval ΔT, and the maximum allowable demodulation error σ;

[0078] S2: Using the light intensity signal output by the hardware system at a certain wavelength or multiple wavelengths at time Ti, the cavity length L1 at time Ti is obtained in real time and at high speed according to the cavity length-light intensity relationship;

[0079] S3: Using the sparse spectrum received and stored in real time by the hardware system at time Ti, a high-precision demodulation algorithm based on the sparse spectrum is used to calculate the cavity length L2 at time Ti;

[0080] S4: Compare the cavity length demodulation results L1, L2, if |L1-L2|<σ| at T i+ΔT Repeat steps S2-S4 at all times; if |L1-L2|≥σ, the measurement system will issue an early warning that the calibration has failed.

[0081] In step S1, the basic principle of cavity length-light intensity relationship calibration is: if a monochromatic light source with a wavelength of λ is incident on the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor, the light intensity value of the interference light signal received by the photodetector will change with the change of the measured physical quantity, that is, different Fabry-Perot cavity lengths result in different received light intensity values. Generally, the received light intensity signal I R It can be expressed as:

[0082]

[0083] Where: I0 is the incident light intensity, R is the end face reflectivity, λ is the wavelength of the light wave, and L is the length of the Fabry-Perot cavity. When the end face reflectivity of the Fabry-Perot sensor is not too high, the above formula can be simplified to:

[0084]

[0085] It can be seen that the received reflected light intensity I R is the single variable cosine function of the cavity length L. The point with the best linearity in the spectrum, i.e. the point with the largest slope, is taken as the initial working point Q. The wavelength range of the λ / 4 monochromatic light source centered on the Q point is taken as the linear interval of demodulation. When the cavity length L fluctuates within this interval, the cavity length L and the received light intensity I R It is approximately linear relationship, that is:

[0086] I R =αI0L

[0087] Among them, α is the proportional coefficient, and the corresponding curve between the intensity value and the Fabry-Perot cavity length is as follows: Figure 1 a, Q point in the figure is the initial working point, Δh is the λ / 4 linear region. The purpose of calibration is to obtain an approximate linear relationship between cavity length and light intensity in this region.

[0088] In actual testing, the system uses the reflected light intensity data obtained in real time at a single wavelength point to demodulate the cavity length. Therefore, when performing cavity length-wavelength relationship calibration in step S1, the monochromatic light source wavelength λ used in the calibration must be selected in combination with the characteristics of the N-channel wavelength point signals generated by the sparse spectrum to achieve a better test effect.

[0089] The specific method is to use numerical simulation to select the single wavelength point λ. It can be seen from formula (2) that the reflected light intensity signal received by the photodetector is related to the end face reflectivity R, the Fabry-Perot cavity length L, and the incident light wavelength λ. During numerical simulation, the variation range of the cavity length L, that is, the initial cavity length determined during the design of the Fabry-Perot sensor and the cavity length when the maximum deformation is reached, is used as a variable to examine the dynamic range, linearity, sensitivity and other characteristics of the reflection spectrum curve at the N single wavelength points of the sparse spectrum. The end face reflectivity R is determined according to the type of sensor actually used and is a certain value. The schematic diagram of the principle is shown in the figure. Figure 2 shown.

[0090] The light intensity variation curves of different single wavelength points in a certain cavity length range are different. The purpose of selection is to obtain a curve with monotonicity, good linearity and high sensitivity in the cavity length range and its corresponding wavelength value for calibration and testing.

[0091] In step S2, the single wavelength point λ is fixed at point Q, and the reflected light intensity value I is obtained in real time. R , the cavity length-light intensity linear relationship obtained in S1 can be used to calculate the cavity length intensity method demodulation value L1 in real time. The demodulation principle is as follows: Figure 1 b. The function of the sparse sampling hardware system is to use a wavelength division multiplexer and a photodetector array to achieve N-way sparse splitting of the sensor reflection spectrum. The reflection spectrum and sparse sampling spectrum obtained are shown in Figure 2 As shown in the figure, the black dots are sparse sampling points.

[0092] Embodiment 3:

[0093] See also Figures 1 to 5 , a method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor, comprising the following contents:

[0094] Figure 4 A system based on the above cavity length real-time demodulation method is demonstrated. The broadband light source sends a wide-spectrum light source with flat spectrum and stable and adjustable power to the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor through an optical circulator. Interference occurs in the Fabry-Perot structure, and changes in external environmental parameters cause changes in the cavity length of the Fabry-Perot sensor. The circulator then transmits the reflected light carrying the cavity length change information to the dense wavelength division multiplexer, photodetector array, signal amplification and conditioning module, data high-speed parallel acquisition module, and calculation demodulation module in sequence, realizing sparse sampling, high-speed parallel acquisition, storage and demodulation of dense interference spectrum. In signal acquisition, the synchronous controller controls the synchronous triggering acquisition of signals.

[0095] The specific demodulation steps are:

[0096] S1: Calibrate the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the system, set the self-calibration interval ΔT, and the maximum allowable demodulation error σ;

[0097] S2: Using the light intensity signal output by the hardware system at a certain wavelength or multiple wavelengths at time Ti, the cavity length L1 at time Ti is obtained in real time and at high speed according to the cavity length-light intensity relationship;

[0098] S3: Using the sparse spectrum received and stored in real time by the hardware system at time Ti, a high-precision demodulation algorithm such as maximum likelihood estimation is used to calculate the cavity length L2 at time Ti;

[0099] S4: Compare the cavity length demodulation results L1, L2, if |L1-L2|<σ| at T i+ΔTRepeat steps S2-S4 at all times; if |L1-L2|≥σ, the measurement system will issue an early warning that the calibration has failed.

[0100] In the above steps, a sparse sampling hardware system is used to receive and store the interference signal reflected by the Fabry-Perot sensor in real time, and the intensity method demodulation value of the cavity length is obtained in real time and at high speed through the calculation demodulation system that has calibrated the cavity length-light intensity relationship in advance. At the same time, the system compares the cavity length value corresponding to the light intensity method measurement with the cavity length value demodulated by the sparse spectrum maximum likelihood estimation algorithm based on the single-wavelength or multi-wavelength light intensity data and multi-channel sparse spectrum data obtained at the same sampling time, so as to verify the demodulation result of the cavity length by the intensity method. If the error is too large, the system will be alarmed to facilitate the subsequent shutdown or secondary calibration of the system.

[0101] This process can be implemented through algorithms on off-the-shelf computers or by developing dedicated high-speed embedded systems.

[0102] Embodiment 4:

[0103] During the self-calibration process, the real-time value of L1 is obtained through the calibrated light intensity-cavity length relationship at a single wavelength point. However, in actual applications, the interference factors of the optical path and the test environment are complex, which will reduce the accuracy of the test.

[0104] See also Figure 4 In the system diagram shown, this embodiment can select multiple wavelength points to achieve dual-wavelength demodulation, triple-wavelength demodulation, etc. of the system. Taking the dual-wavelength demodulation method as an example, a method for improving the applicability of the system through flexible adjustment is introduced.

[0105] In the dual-wavelength demodulation method, two wavelength points are selected, the wavelengths are λ1 and λ2, and their phase and Can be expressed as:

[0106]

[0107]

[0108] In the dual-wavelength demodulation method, the phase difference between the two beams is generally selected to be 90°, that is, When the cavity length changes, the intensity of the reflected light received by the system changes accordingly, resulting in a phase The change in cavity length will also produce a corresponding change:

[0109]

[0110] After the initial cavity length L0 is determined, the cavity length can be demodulated by detecting the parameters of two optical signals with different wavelengths.

[0111] Embodiment 5:

[0112] A method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor comprises the following steps:

[0113] 1) Calibrate the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor;

[0114] 2) The broadband light source provides a wide spectrum input light source signal to the optical circulator through the optical fiber;

[0115] 3) The optical circulator transmits the broadband light source signal to the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor through the optical fiber, and receives the reflected light interference signal returned by the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor;

[0116] 4) The dense wavelength division multiplexer receives the reflected light interference signal, performs sparse light splitting of the reflected light interference signal into N discretely distributed wavelengths in the spectral domain, and transmits the N sparse light splitting signals to the photoelectric detection array;

[0117] 5) The photoelectric detector converts the N-channel sparse split light signals into analog electrical signals and transmits them to the signal amplification and conditioning module;

[0118] 6) The signal amplification and conditioning module amplifies and filters the analog electrical signal and transmits it to the high-speed parallel acquisition module;

[0119] 7) The high-speed parallel acquisition module transmits the amplified and filtered N-channel analog electrical signals to the calculation and demodulation module;

[0120] 8) The calculation and demodulation module converts the acquired N electrical signals into N sparse spectrum signals, and performs calculation processing on the sparse spectrum to obtain a cavity length reference value L2;

[0121] The calculation demodulation module selects a wavelength from the sparse spectrum, and processes the light intensity signal corresponding to the wavelength according to the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor to obtain the cavity length demodulation value L1;

[0122] 9) Complete self-checking, the steps include: calculating the demodulation module to calculate the difference |L1-L2| between the cavity length demodulation value and the cavity length reference value; if the difference |L1-L2| is less than the preset threshold value σ, then return to step 2) and continue the cavity length demodulation at the next moment; if the difference |L1-L2| is greater than or equal to the preset threshold value σ, then issue a warning signal and recalibrate the Fabry-Perot sensor cavity length-light intensity relationship.

[0123] Embodiment 6:

[0124] A method for high-speed demodulation and real-time calibration of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor, the main contents of which are shown in Example 5, wherein the step of calibrating the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor comprises:

[0125] 1) The broadband light source provides a wide spectrum input light source signal to the optical circulator through the optical fiber;

[0126] 2) The optical circulator transmits the wide spectrum input light source signal to the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor through the optical fiber, and receives the reflected light interference signal returned by the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor;

[0127] 3) Using dense wavelength division multiplexer, photodetector, signal amplification and conditioning module, and high-speed parallel acquisition module in sequence to obtain light intensity signal, and transmit it to calculation and demodulation module;

[0128] 4) The calculation demodulation module demodulates the light intensity signal to obtain the fiber Fabry-Perot cavity length L at the single wavelength point λ0. i ;

[0129] 5) Change the external environment conditions and return to step 2) until the cavity length sequence L = {L0, L1...L N}, and the spectrum intensity sequence P = {P0, P1...P N};

[0130] 6) For the cavity length sequence L = {L0, L1…L N} and the spectral intensity sequence P = {P0, P1...P N} is fitted to obtain the relationship between the cavity length and spectral intensity of the optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor at a single wavelength point λ0.

[0131] Embodiment 7:

[0132] A method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor, the main contents of which are shown in Example 5, wherein when demodulating the light intensity signal, the wavelength range of the λ / 4 monochromatic light source centered on the Q point is used as the linear interval for demodulating the light intensity signal; λ is the wavelength of the light wave;

[0133] When the cavity length L fluctuates within the linear range of demodulation, the cavity length L and the received light intensity I R The linear range of demodulation is the wavelength range of the λ / 4 monochromatic light source centered at the Q point with the largest slope.

[0134] The approximate linear relationship is as follows:

[0135] I R =αI0L (2)

[0136] In the formula, I R is the light intensity signal; α is the proportional coefficient; L is the cavity length; I0 is the incident light intensity.

[0137] Embodiment 8:

[0138] A method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor, the main content of which is shown in Example 5, wherein in step 5), a self-verification is completed every ΔT time interval.

[0139] Embodiment 9:

[0140] A method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor, the main contents of which are shown in Example 5, wherein the step of selecting a single wavelength point λ comprises:

[0141] Taking the variation range of cavity length L, that is, the initial cavity length determined when designing the Fabry-Perot sensor and the cavity length when the maximum deformation is reached as variables, the characteristics of the reflection spectrum curves at the single wavelength points of N channels of the sparse spectrum are compared in turn, and the wavelength value corresponding to a curve that is monotonic, has the best linearity and the highest sensitivity within the cavity length range is selected as the single wavelength point λ.

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1. A method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor, characterized in that: The following steps are involved: 1) Calibrate the relationship between cavity length and light intensity of Fabry-Perot sensor; 2) The broadband light source provides a wide spectrum input light source signal to the optical circulator through the optical fiber; 3) The optical circulator transmits the broadband light source signal to the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor through the optical fiber, and receives the reflected light interference signal returned by the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor; 4) The dense wavelength division multiplexer receives the reflected light interference signal, performs sparse light splitting of the reflected light interference signal into N discretely distributed wavelengths in the spectral domain, and transmits the N sparse light splitting signals to the photoelectric detection array; 5) The photoelectric detector converts the N-channel sparse split light signals into analog electrical signals and transmits them to the signal amplification and conditioning module; 6) The signal amplification and conditioning module amplifies and filters the analog electrical signal and transmits it to the high-speed parallel acquisition module; 7) The high-speed parallel acquisition module transmits the amplified and filtered N-channel analog electrical signals to the calculation and demodulation module; 8) The calculation and demodulation module converts the acquired N electrical signals into N sparse spectrum signals, and performs calculation processing on the sparse spectrum to obtain a cavity length reference value L2; The calculation demodulation module selects a wavelength from the sparse spectrum, and processes the light intensity signal corresponding to the wavelength according to the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor to obtain the cavity length demodulation value L1; 9) Complete self-checking, the steps include: calculating the difference |L1-L2| between the cavity length demodulation value and the cavity length reference value by the demodulation module; if the difference |L1-L2| is less than the preset threshold value σ, then return to step 2) and continue to demodulate the cavity length at the next moment; if the difference |L1-L2| is greater than or equal to the preset threshold value σ, then issue a warning signal and recalibrate the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor; The steps for calibrating the cavity length-light intensity relationship of the Fabry-Perot sensor include: 1.1) A broadband light source provides a wide spectrum input light source signal to the optical circulator through an optical fiber; 1.2) The optical circulator transmits the wide spectrum input light source signal to the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor through the optical fiber, and receives the reflected light interference signal returned by the fiber Fabry-Perot sensor; 1.3) Using dense wavelength division multiplexer, photodetector, signal amplification and conditioning module, high-speed parallel acquisition module to obtain light intensity signal, and transmit it to calculation and demodulation module; 1.4) The calculation demodulation module demodulates the light intensity signal to obtain the fiber Fabry-Perot cavity length L at the single wavelength point λ. i ; 1.5) Change the external environment conditions and return to step 1.2) until the cavity length sequence L = {L0, L1…L N }, and the spectrum intensity sequence P = {P0, P1...P N }; 1.6) For the cavity length sequence L = {L0, L1…L N } and the spectral intensity sequence P = {P0, P1...P N } to fit and obtain the relationship between the cavity length and spectrum intensity of the optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor at a single wavelength point λ; The steps of selecting a single wavelength point λ include: Taking the variation range of cavity length L, that is, the initial cavity length determined when designing the Fabry-Perot sensor and the cavity length when the maximum deformation is reached as variables, the characteristics of the reflection spectrum curves at the single wavelength points of N channels of the sparse spectrum are compared in turn, and the wavelength value corresponding to a curve that is monotonic, has the best linearity and the highest sensitivity within the cavity length range is selected as the single wavelength point λ.

2. The method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor according to claim 1 is characterized in that: When demodulating the light intensity signal, the wavelength range of the λ / 4 monochromatic light source centered at the Q point is used as the linear interval for demodulating the light intensity signal; λ is the wavelength of the light wave; When the cavity length L fluctuates within the linear range of demodulation, the cavity length L and the received light intensity I R The linear range of demodulation is the wavelength range of the λ / 4 monochromatic light source centered at the Q point with the largest slope. The approximate linear relationship is as follows: I R =αI0L (1) In the formula, I R is the light intensity signal; α is the proportional coefficient; L is the cavity length; I0 is the incident light intensity.

3. The method for high-speed demodulation and real-time verification of the cavity length of an optical fiber Fabry-Perot sensor according to claim 1 is characterized in that: In step 5), a self-check is completed once every ΔT time interval.

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