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Under realistic scenarios, more fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are always expected to be multiplexed in one sensor array to share the expensive optical components and electrical devices. However, either the sensing number or the interrogation frequency is limited in previous works due to the huge amount of data generated from large-scale sensing arrays. This paper presents a field-programmable gate array (FPGA)-based dynamic wavelength interrogation system for thousands of identical FBGs. With the advantages of parallel controlling and pipeline processing, FPGA can accelerate the data-processing rate of the wavelength interrogation, realizing a continuous-running and real-time sensing system. The signal-processing system precisely synchronizes the generation of interrogation pulses, the acquisition of reflected signals, and the processing of the wavelength-related data, making the interrogation frequency fundamentally limited by the round-trip time of light pulses traveling in the fiber. Multiple sensing arrays can be independently carried out simultaneously, affecting hardly the interrogation frequency. Experimental results show that over 4000 FBGs with a 3-m spatial resolution in four channels are interrogated with a 150-Hz sensing frequency, 3-nm dynamic range, and ±5.9-pm sensing precision, greatly improving the interrogation frequency while ensuring the multiplexing number.

FPGA-Based Dynamic Wavelength Interrogation System for Thousands of Identical FBG Sensors