The invention belongs to the field of distributed
optical fiber sensing, particularly relates to a highway infrastructure safety early warning device and method based on high-dimensional
chaotic optical fiber sensing, and aims to realize multi-parameter synchronous accurate monitoring of highway infrastructures in a complex environment. The device comprises a
light source, a light path distribution modulation module, a
signal detection and separation module and a
data processing module which are connected in sequence, and the light path distribution modulation module is further connected with a to-be-detected
optical fiber group. The
light source module generates high-dimensional
wavelength tunable
chaotic laser, the light path distribution modulation module divides the high-dimensional
wavelength tunable
chaotic laser into a detection path and a pumping path, modulates the high-dimensional
wavelength tunable chaotic
laser and transmits the modulated high-dimensional wavelength tunable chaotic laser to a selected to-be-detected optical
fiber, and meanwhile, receives a backscattering
signal and transmits the backscattering
signal to the signal detection and separation module. The module separates Raman and
Brillouin scattering signals and converts the signals into electric signals, the
data processing module processes the electric signals, and intelligent recognition and early warning of highway infrastructure disasters are achieved.