Title :
Differential mode attenuation in MMFs and its impact on DMD and EMB measurements
Author :
Kose, Bulent ; Pimpinella, Rick ; Castro, Jose ; Lane, Brett
Author_Institution :
Panduit Labs., Panduit Corp., USA
Abstract :
Differential mode attenuation in multimode fiber is studied. Measurements show that a higher attenuation of lower order mode groups can explain the measured length dependence of differential mode delay and effective modal bandwidth.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; attenuation measurement; fibre lasers; measurement by laser beam; optical attenuators; DMA; DMD; EMB; MMF; differential mode attenuation; differential mode delay; lower order mode groups; modal bandwidth; multimode fibers; Absorption; Attenuation; Attenuation measurement; Length measurement; Loss measurement; Optical fiber testing; Rayleigh scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
