The present invention discloses a fiber Bragg grating sensor system. The
system according to the present invention comprises a wavelength tunable
laser; a coupler for splitting output light from the wavelength tunable
laser into two directions; a reference wavelength generating unit for
receiving one directional output light from the coupler and for
generating reference wave-lengths and an absolute reference wavelength in
order to measure real-time wavelengths of the wavelength tunable laser; a
fiber Bragg grating array for receiving the other directional output
light from the coupler and for reflecting lights at each of the
wave-lengths of the grating therein; a fiber grating wavelength sensing
unit for measuring the time when each of the reflected lights from the
fiber Bragg grating array is detected; a signal processing unit for
figuring wavelength variation information with the use of the measured
signals from the reference wavelength generating unit and for obtaining
each of wavelengths of the detected lights from the fiber grating
wavelength sensing unit; and a laser wavelength control feedback unit for
applying AC voltage and DC voltage to the wavelength tunable filter in
the wavelength tunable laser. Also, polarization dependency in the sensor
system can be removed further installing a depolarizer or a polarization
scrambler at the output end of the wavelength tunable laser. By applying
the present invention, measurement accuracy of the grating sensor system
20 can be improved due to enhanced wavelength stability and suppression
of polarization dependency. Therefore, the fiber Bragg grating sensor
system based on the present invention would replace conventional
structure/construction diagnosis systems.