• DocumentCode
    1794350
  • Title

    Measurement of mode coupling distribution along a few-mode fiber using a synchronous multi-channel OTDR

  • Author

    Nakazawa, Masataka ; Yoshida, Manabu ; Hirooka, Toshihiko

  • Author_Institution
    Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    9-13 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate the nondestructive measurement of mode coupling along a few-mode fiber using a synchronous multi-channel OTDR. The mode coupling distribution between the LP01 and LP11a,b modes is successfully obtained with a 10-m spatial resolution.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; reflectometry; space division multiplexing; LP01 mode; LP11a,b mode; few-mode fiber; mode division multiplexing; multicore fibers; nondestructive mode coupling distribution measurement; optical time domain reflectometry; space division multiplexing; spatial resolution; synchronous multichannel OTDR; Couplings; Crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pulses; Optical variables measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
  • Conference_Location
    San Francisco, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-5575-2994-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1364/OFC.2014.W3D.7
  • Filename
    6887123
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1794350