• Journal of the Korean Society for Nondestructive Testing
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• v.25 no.5
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• pp.350-355
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• 2005

The probes of fiber optic OTDR (Optical Time Domain Reflectometry) sensor was developed to measure displacements of social infrastructures. This probe was simply constructed with two conventional optical fiber connectors, and a fiber bending part, which transforms displacement to optical loss. When the displacement was affected on the bending loss part, the reflected light intensity of one optical connector was changed. The displacement was determined from this reflected light intensity change of the connector. fiber optic OTDR displacement sensor was developed as the multiplexed type of one fiber line with 5 sensor probes. Multiplexing operation was tested by these 5 sensor probes.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.35 no.12B
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• pp.1236-1243
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• 2010

The perimeter defense system was created and its characteristics were evaluated. It was designed to utilize the fiber sensing device, namely OTDR(Optical Time Domain Reflectometer) which has been used for the maintenance of the optical communication network. An OTDR was constituted by a pulse laser with the nature of 1310nm, +15dBm for the observation of 400 meter optical fence. The high-speed 32-bit processor(S3C2440) has applied to MPU(Main Processor Unit) which helps to improve the performance of OTDR algorithms. Consequently, the maximum error was 0.84 meter on the performance test of the 10km monitoring and the pass criteria of ${\pm}1m$ satisfied in all the sections. The alarm delay time was under 3 sec after detecting the disorder. For the case of secondary trespassing after primary trespassing, the optical switch was installed in OTDR to monitor the secondary trespassing and to measure the multi-point detection. Therefore, this paper shows that the detections of secondary trespassing and multi-point is possible by means of optical switch.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.343-350
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• 2017

An experimental study is presented of the application of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) interrogation method based on optical time-domain reflectometery (OTDR) to monitoring strain in bent reinforced concrete beams. The results obtained with the OTDR-based method are shown to agree well with the direct spectral measurements. Strain sensitivity, resolution and measurement range amounted to $0.0028dB/{\mu}strain$; $30{\mu}strain$; $4000{\mu}strain$, correspondingly. Significant differences are observed in surface and inner deformations of the test beams which can be attributed to different mechanical properties of concrete and steel reinforcement. The prospects of using OTDR-based FBG interrogation technique in real-life applications are discussed.

• Journal of The Korean Society For Urban Railway
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.269-278
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• 2018

Railway obstacle detecion system has been introduced with high-speed railway in 2004 to prevent accidents by obstacles such as landslide, rockfall and things fallen from the gauntry over the railway. But existing system has some limitation for landslide or fallen obstacle over railway. Therefore, In this study, we suggest new advanced obstacle detection system introducing the OTDR, optical fiber fences and detection cameras. This system can detect depression degree by the force to the fences and video for the specific region as well as detection wire Off condition. We produce and functional tests for fiber fence and OTDR, which are the core parts of the development system, and results were obtained to demonstrate improved detection capabilities. Several functions also been tested to verify the advanced detection performance and got some satisfactory results. Further we will conduct environment tests and field test.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.64-65
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• 2002

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.11a
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• pp.66-67
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• 2002

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.122-128
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• 2016

This paper, proposes a new analysis method for the event detection of an OTDR signal. An OTDR signal was passed through the Hamming filter to remove the high frequency noise included in the signal. The signal was then passed consecutively through a differential filter to detect the events of interest. The terminal position was determined using the fact that there is a large gap between the signal and the trailing noise power beyond the terminal. This study examined the local maxima of the signal up to the terminal position and determined the peak regions. The real events were determined from the peak regions using noise information and peak threshold. Finally, the user events were found by inspecting the user peaks beyond the terminal position. The events of the OTDR signal without users are located at less than 17m compared to the optical fiber link setup. The events of the JDSU device are located less than 25m and their users are less than 5m. For the RadianTech device, the events are detected at less than 19m and the users are found in 5m. The results suggest that the proposed method is sufficiently applicable to an optical fiber link monitoring system.

• Journal of the Korea institute for structural maintenance and inspection
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• v.4 no.3
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• pp.185-195
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• 2000

Detection of cracks in concrete beams using optical fiber sensors is useful for monitoring of concrete structures. In this study, optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) is used to detect cracks. Resolution of OTDR is the main contributor to detect cracks in concrete structures. The OTDR used in this study can detect cracks with high precision of 0.5 m. Two mortar beams, reinforced with a 19 mm diameter steel bar, are made with the dimensions of 140 mm (width) ${\times}$ 200 mm (depth) ${\times}$ 2.000 mm (length). Two fibers are embedded inside each beam and two fibers are attached under the beams. The application of measurement system which consists of fiber and FC/PC connecter is studied. For this, theory of optics, resolution, crack moment, and size of specimens are investigated. From the measured data, it is verified that fibers which are attached under the beam can detect the crack in beams effectively. However, fibers embedded inside the beam are unable to detect cracks in beams using the OTDR in this study.

• 한국정보통신설비학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2005.08a
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• pp.38-41
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• 2005

현재 국내외적으로 PON 방식의 FTTH망 구축이 본격적으로 시작되고 있는 상황으로 향후 PON망 광선로의 운용/유지보수 문제가 대두될 것으로 보인다. 본 고에서는 FTTH망 구축 방식의 하나인 스플리터를 사용한 E-PON망 광선로의 감시를 위한 고분해능 OTDR 기술과 그 응용에 대해 다루었다.

• Proceedings of the Optical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2003.07a
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• pp.200-201
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• 2003

광섬유 OTDR 센서는 전자기 잡음이 없으며 원거리 가시 및 다중화가 가능한 유망한 센서이다. 광섬유 내부를 진행하는 빛은 광섬유의 밀도 변화에 따라 미소한 광산란이 연속적으로 발생하게 되는데 이러한 광산란을 레일리 (Rayleigh) 광산란이라고 한다. OTDR 센서는 펄스광을 광섬유에 입사한후 되돌아오는 레일리 산란광을 측정하면서 임의의 위치에 주어지는 외란의 영향을 후방 산란광의 감소로 알아내는 센서이다. 광섬유 OTDR 센서에 관련한 연구는 다음과 같다. (중략)