• DocumentCode
    1819706
  • Title

    Field trial demonstrating improvement of backbone fiber infrastructure PMD using a random-scrambling POTDR

  • Author

    Ehrhardt, A. ; Paul, M. ; Fritzsche, D. ; Schuerer, L. ; Gerlach, C. ; Breuer, D. ; Cyr, N. ; Chen, H. ; Schinn, G.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Technol. Eng. Center, Deutsche Telekom AG, Berlin
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    The accumulated PMD along several fibers in an optical network were measured in order to identify those short fiber portions exhibiting high PMD. By replacing high-PMD-portion(s) in each fiber, the overall-PMD could be reduced significantly.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical properties; PMD; POTDR; backbone fiber infrastructure; field trial; optical network; random scrambling; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Prototypes; Spine; (060.2330) Fiber Optics Communications; (060.2400) Fiber Properties;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032452
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1819706