The invention belongs to the technical field of
optical fiber sensing, and discloses a distributed
optical fiber sensing system and method. A narrow linewidth
laser is used for emitting continuous
laser, a coupler is used for dividing the continuous
laser into two paths, one path serves as a
local oscillator signal to be input into a receiving unit, and the other path serves as a detection
signal to be input into a second modulation unit; the first modulation unit is used for generating an electric modulation
signal, and the second modulation unit introduces random
phase coding under the action of the electric modulation signal, modulates the amplitude and phase of a detection signal and outputs pulsed light; the amplified pulsed light is output to an
optical fiber through a
circulator, and a
Rayleigh backscattering signal generated by the optical
fiber is output to a receiving unit; performing beat frequency on the
local oscillator signal and the
Rayleigh backscattering signal by using a receiving unit to generate an
electric signal; and the
data acquisition unit is used for acquiring sensing information. The
system has the capability of measuring the power and phase distribution of
Rayleigh backscattering signals at the same time, and functions which can be completed by two sets of systems originally can be completed by one set of
system.