Fiber optic sensor for detection of ground vibrations

Abstract

The paper describes a new fiber optic sensor based on the Mach-Zehnder and Sagnac hybrid interferometer to measure the ground vibrations is investigated. The frequency characteristic of vibration signal is analyzed via fast Fourier transform (FFT) and Gabor transform. It provides highly sensitive for low frequency measurement. The fiber optic vibration sensing system presented in this research is appropriate to utilize for sensing ground vibration between 10 ~ 200Hz frequency range.