Title :
PDL in field fibers due to fiber fusion splices
Author :
Akasaka, Y. ; Bihon, D. ; Lee, A. ; Davy, M. ; Sekiya, M.
Author_Institution :
Fujitsu Labs. of America, Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
Fiber-PDL, which is normally negligible, increase in plant fibers with imperfect fusion splices. This paper theoretically predicts the PDL occurrence from splices, first time, and verifies this with actual PDL measurements over buried/aerial fibers.
Keywords :
finite difference time-domain analysis; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; splicing; aerial fibers; buried fibers; fiber fusion splices; fiber-PDL; field fibers; Finite difference methods; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Splicing;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2011 16th
Conference_Location :
Kaohsiung
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-288-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-986-02-8974-9
