Flexible fiber fault detecting technique based on wavelength swept fiber laser for passive optical network

Author

Shin, Woojin ; Yu, Bong-Ahn ; Lee, Yeung Lak ; Eom, Tae-Joong ; Noh, Young-Chul

Author_Institution

Adv. Photonics Res. Inst., Gwangju Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Gwangju, South Korea

fYear

2009

fDate

30-3 Aug. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

We demonstrate new wavelength tunable OTDR based on wavelength swept fiber-laser by deploying digital micro-mirror array device with 20 m resolution and fast wavelength setting speed in conventional band.

Keywords

fault location; micromirrors; optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; digital micromirror array device; flexible fiber fault detecting technique; passive optical network; wavelength swept fiber laser; wavelength tunable OTDR; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Fault detection; Fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Optical arrays; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Passive optical networks; Tunable circuits and devices; Fiber optic components; Fiber optic measurement system;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3829-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3830-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292734

Filename

5292734