The invention relates to a phase-sensitive
optical time domain reflectometer based on multi-frequency reference switching. Continuous
laser generated by a continuous
laser is divided into a local path and a detection path through an
optical coupler; the local path is input to the polarization coherent receiving module, the detection path is incident to a
light intensity modulator driven by the
signal generation circuit module, and the
light intensity modulator is converted into a multi-frequency pulse
laser sequence with
intensity modulation; the multi-frequency pulse laser sequence enters the sensing
optical fiber to be measured through the
optical circulator; generated Rayleigh backscattered light and local continuous laser are subjected to beat frequency coherent receiving in a polarization coherent receiving module through a
circulator; and the
signal acquisition circuit adopts a
demodulation algorithm to compensate
phase drift and sensitivity difference of detection pulse
demodulation signals with different frequencies so as to realize dynamic strain sensing. Compared with the prior art, the
phase drift and the sensitivity difference between the frequencies are extracted to realize the compensation of the interleaved signals, and the method does not depend on the fixed reference frequency, so that the robustness and the adaptability of the
system in a complex environment are remarkably enhanced.