Title :
Crosstalk evaluation with bi-directional OTDR measurement on weakly coupled fiber
Author :
Hamaguchi, Hiroki ; Ishida, Itaru ; Takenaga, Katsuhiro ; Hirafune, Shunichiro ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Goto, Yukihiro ; Nakajima, Kazuhide
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
The estimation method of the coupled-power coefficient of a weakly-coupled multi-core fiber with a bi-directional OTDR technique is proposed. The estimated crosstalk with the proposed bi-directional OTDR method agrees with the measured crosstalk.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; bidirectional OTDR measurement; coupled power coefficient; crosstalk evaluation; optical time-domain reflectometry; weakly coupled multicore fiber; Bidirectional control; Crosstalk; Fluctuations; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276535
