Earthquake Detection using State-of-Polarisation Sensing on Aerial Cable

Conference: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/22/2024 - 09/26/2024 at Frankfurt, Germany

Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024

Pages: 4Language: englishTyp: PDF

Authors:
Skarvang, Kristina Shizuka Yamase; Elson, Daniel J.; Beppu, Shohei; Soma, Daiki; Bjornstad, Steinar; Hjelme, Dag Roar; Wakayama, Yuta

Abstract:
We present the first observation of an earthquake using state-of-polarisation monitoring on an aerial cable. Vibration enhanced by the power poles propagates to the fibre cable, motivating the use of densely distributed terrestrial networks for environmental sensing extending information on local geological conditions.