Fast Measurement of Brillouin Frequency Shift in Optical Fiber Based on a Novel Feedforward Neural Network

Brillouin scattering-based distributed optical fiber sensors have been successfully employed in various applications in recent decades, because of benefits such as small size, light weight, electromagnetic immunity, and continuous monitoring of temperature and strain. However, the data processing re...

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Autores principales: Fen Xiao, Mingxing Lv, Xinwan Li
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:01702cf665bc40b7b11f2fd5e65c84f62021-11-25T18:43:06ZFast Measurement of Brillouin Frequency Shift in Optical Fiber Based on a Novel Feedforward Neural Network10.3390/photonics81104742304-6732https://doaj.org/article/01702cf665bc40b7b11f2fd5e65c84f62021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2304-6732/8/11/474https://doaj.org/toc/2304-6732Brillouin scattering-based distributed optical fiber sensors have been successfully employed in various applications in recent decades, because of benefits such as small size, light weight, electromagnetic immunity, and continuous monitoring of temperature and strain. However, the data processing requirements for the Brillouin Gain Spectrum (BGS) restrict further improvement of monitoring performance and limit the application of real-time measurements. Studies using Feedforward Neural Network (FNN) to measure Brillouin Frequency Shift (BFS) have been performed in recent years to validate the possibility of improving measurement performance. In this work, a novel FNN that is 3 times faster than previous FNNs is proposed to improve BFS measurement performance. More specifically, after the original Brillouin Gain Spectrum (BGS) is preprocessed by Principal Component Analysis (PCA), the data are fed into the Feedforward Neural Network (FNN) to predict BFS.Fen XiaoMingxing LvXinwan LiMDPI AGarticleneural networksPrincipal Components Analysisdistributed fiber sensingApplied optics. PhotonicsTA1501-1820ENPhotonics, Vol 8, Iss 474, p 474 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic neural networks
Principal Components Analysis
distributed fiber sensing
Applied optics. Photonics
TA1501-1820
spellingShingle neural networks
Principal Components Analysis
distributed fiber sensing
Applied optics. Photonics
TA1501-1820
Fen Xiao
Mingxing Lv
Xinwan Li
Fast Measurement of Brillouin Frequency Shift in Optical Fiber Based on a Novel Feedforward Neural Network
description Brillouin scattering-based distributed optical fiber sensors have been successfully employed in various applications in recent decades, because of benefits such as small size, light weight, electromagnetic immunity, and continuous monitoring of temperature and strain. However, the data processing requirements for the Brillouin Gain Spectrum (BGS) restrict further improvement of monitoring performance and limit the application of real-time measurements. Studies using Feedforward Neural Network (FNN) to measure Brillouin Frequency Shift (BFS) have been performed in recent years to validate the possibility of improving measurement performance. In this work, a novel FNN that is 3 times faster than previous FNNs is proposed to improve BFS measurement performance. More specifically, after the original Brillouin Gain Spectrum (BGS) is preprocessed by Principal Component Analysis (PCA), the data are fed into the Feedforward Neural Network (FNN) to predict BFS.
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author Fen Xiao
Mingxing Lv
Xinwan Li
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Mingxing Lv
Xinwan Li
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title Fast Measurement of Brillouin Frequency Shift in Optical Fiber Based on a Novel Feedforward Neural Network
title_short Fast Measurement of Brillouin Frequency Shift in Optical Fiber Based on a Novel Feedforward Neural Network
title_full Fast Measurement of Brillouin Frequency Shift in Optical Fiber Based on a Novel Feedforward Neural Network
title_fullStr Fast Measurement of Brillouin Frequency Shift in Optical Fiber Based on a Novel Feedforward Neural Network
title_full_unstemmed Fast Measurement of Brillouin Frequency Shift in Optical Fiber Based on a Novel Feedforward Neural Network
title_sort fast measurement of brillouin frequency shift in optical fiber based on a novel feedforward neural network
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/01702cf665bc40b7b11f2fd5e65c84f6
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