Title :
Chromatic dispersion mapping by tunable OTDR
Author :
Rossaro, A. ; Schiano, M. ; Tambosso, T.
Author_Institution :
CSELT, Torino, Italy
Abstract :
A modified optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR), including a tunable source, is used to measure chromatic dispersion and zero dispersion wavelength along installed fibers with spatial resolution of 100 m. This technique is considerably simpler than the nonlinear ones.
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; optical tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; chromatic dispersion mapping; chromatic dispersion measurement; installed fibers; modified optical time domain reflectometer; nonlinear ones; spatial resolution; tunable OTDR; tunable source; zero dispersion wavelength; Bidirectional control; Chromatic dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Optical filters; Pulse measurements; Ring lasers; Spatial resolution; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.768138
