Title :
Identification of high-PMD sections along installed optical cables with long range OFDR
Author :
Ito, Fumihiko ; Xinyu Fan ; Koshikiya, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We describe a recent development of phase-noise-compensated-OFDR (PNC-OFDR) to identify high birefringence sections of fiber cables. Its unprecedented fine spatial resolution over several tens km range enables us to observe short beat length.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; phase noise; PNC-OFDR; birefringence sections; fiber cables; fine spatial resolution; high-PMD sections; installed optical cables; long range OFDR; optical frequency domain reflectometry; phase-noise-compensated-OFDR; polarization mode dispersion; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical variables measurement;
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
