• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 62, Issue 3, 0300002 (2025)
Dingyi Ma1,2,*, Xinyu Liu1,2, Yongzheng Li2,3, Linfeng Guo1,2,4, and Xiaomin Xu4,5
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing , 210044, Jiangsu , China
  • 2Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Optoelectronic Detection of Atmosphere and Ocean, Nanjing , 210044, Jiangsu , China
  • 3China Railway No.3 Group East China Construction Co., Ltd., Nanjing 211153, Jiangsu , China
  • 4Jiangsu International Joint Laboratory on Meterological Photonics and Optoelectronic Detection, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu , China
  • 5Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom
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    Dingyi Ma, Xinyu Liu, Yongzheng Li, Linfeng Guo, Xiaomin Xu. Advances in Machine-Learning Techniques for Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing Performance Enhancement[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(3): 0300002 Copy Citation Text show less
    Light scattering components in optical fibers
    Fig. 1. Light scattering components in optical fibers
    Technical lineage of machine learning techniques for data extraction, noise removal, and resolution enhancement
    Fig. 2. Technical lineage of machine learning techniques for data extraction, noise removal, and resolution enhancement
    Basic principle of fiber optic sensing system
    Fig. 3. Basic principle of fiber optic sensing system
    Schematic of distributed fiber optic sensing for infrastructure monitoring[22]
    Fig. 4. Schematic of distributed fiber optic sensing for infrastructure monitoring[22]
    Schematic of ANN[24]
    Fig. 5. Schematic of ANN[24]
    Functional block diagram for extracting temperature from BGS measured by BOTDA based on PCA pattern recognition[31]
    Fig. 6. Functional block diagram for extracting temperature from BGS measured by BOTDA based on PCA pattern recognition31
    Principle of temperature extraction using linear multi-class SVM classifier[33]
    Fig. 7. Principle of temperature extraction using linear multi-class SVM classifier[33]
    Schematic of two-step signal processing for measuring BGSs[39]
    Fig. 8. Schematic of two-step signal processing for measuring BGSs[39]
    B-ANN and NLE-ANN training flowcharts[40]. (a) Standard BGS as B-ANN training dataset; (b) non-local BGS as NLE-ANN training dataset
    Fig. 9. B-ANN and NLE-ANN training flowcharts[40]. (a) Standard BGS as B-ANN training dataset; (b) non-local BGS as NLE-ANN training dataset
    Schematic of FNN training process[41]
    Fig. 10. Schematic of FNN training process[41]
    Principle of using DNN for simultaneous temperature and strain measurement from double-peak BGS in LEAF[42]
    Fig. 11. Principle of using DNN for simultaneous temperature and strain measurement from double-peak BGS in LEAF[42]
    Architecture of proposed BFSCNN[43]
    Fig. 12. Architecture of proposed BFSCNN[43]
    Structure of DNN with one autoencoder (left side shows BGS trace of whole FUT and right side shows temperature distribution obtained from LFC and DNN)[50]
    Fig. 13. Structure of DNN with one autoencoder (left side shows BGS trace of whole FUT and right side shows temperature distribution obtained from LFC and DNN)[50]
    Training process of the DnCNN[52]
    Fig. 14. Training process of the DnCNN[52]
    Diagram of basic architecture of FastDVDnet[54]
    Fig. 15. Diagram of basic architecture of FastDVDnet[54]
    Flowchart of steps involved in updating the denoiser R, generator G, and discriminator D (θ refers to the entire training model, and ncritic represents the required number of iterations)[55]
    Fig. 16. Flowchart of steps involved in updating the denoiser R, generator G, and discriminator D (θ refers to the entire training model, and ncritic represents the required number of iterations)[55]
    Principle of SAID method for BOTDR[57]
    Fig. 17. Principle of SAID method for BOTDR[57]
    Diagram of algorithm and beat spectrum histograms expected to be obtained[61]
    Fig. 18. Diagram of algorithm and beat spectrum histograms expected to be obtained[61]
    Neural network structure diagram[62]. (a) Overall architecture of neural networks; (b) middle block structure of plain CNN; (c) middle block structure of ResNet; (d) middle block structure of SSRNet
    Fig. 19. Neural network structure diagram[62]. (a) Overall architecture of neural networks; (b) middle block structure of plain CNN; (c) middle block structure of ResNet; (d) middle block structure of SSRNet
    Training process of three classifiers[69]
    Fig. 20. Training process of three classifiers[69]
    Optimized network structure (red cube denotes convolution operation and blue cube denotes pooling operation)[70]
    Fig. 21. Optimized network structure (red cube denotes convolution operation and blue cube denotes pooling operation)[70]
    Action recognizer model[71]
    Fig. 22. Action recognizer model[71]
    YearMethodSpatial resolutionMeasurement timeAccuracyDistance
    2017PCA2 m4.2 times faster than traditional curve fitting method0.747 ℃38.2 km
    2017SVM80 times faster than conventional least squares filteringImprovement of about 30%10 km
    2020K-means singular value decompositionProcessing speed is 6 times faster than conventional LCF0.3211 ℃10 km
    2020ANNSignificant improvement in processing speed over conventional methods1.26 MHz25 km
    2019FNNIncreased measurement speed without sacrificing uncertainty±0.26 ℃23.95 km
    ±0.75 ℃150.62 km
    2019DNN2 m1.6 s4.2 ℃/134.2 με24 km
    2020CNNMeasurement time only 15.85% of LCF25 km
    Table 1. Performance parameter comparison among different methods
    YearMethodSNR improvement /dBSpatial resolution /mMeasurement time /sAccuracyDistance /km
    2018DAE and DNNSubstantial improvement3.56 ℃20
    2019DnCNN12.91.380.04510
    2021FastDVDnetEffective removal of data noise20.041.19 MHz10
    2021DANet

    Simulation:35.51

    Experiment:19.08

    Enhancement of SNR without loss of spatial resolution1.26Reduced by 0.93 MHz11.5
    2023SAID21.9222.48251.1
    Table 2. Performance comparison of different denoising methods
    Dingyi Ma, Xinyu Liu, Yongzheng Li, Linfeng Guo, Xiaomin Xu. Advances in Machine-Learning Techniques for Distributed Fiber-Optic Sensing Performance Enhancement[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2025, 62(3): 0300002
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