Title :
All-optical remote location of high polarization mode dispersion fiber spans using stimulated Brillouin scattering
Author :
Lee, S. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We report an all-optical remote locator of high PMD fiber spans using stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS). Both the length of the high PMD fiber span and the magnitude of PMD itself can be inferred from the slope change of the reflected SBS pulse.
Keywords :
Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Stimulated Brillouin scattering; SBS; all-optical remote location; high PMD fiber span; high PMD fiber spans; high polarization mode dispersion fiber spans; reflected SBS pulse; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin scattering; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Polarization mode dispersion; Pulse modulation; Stress;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868379
