Title :
Optical Reflectometry for 10 km fibers based on two photon absorption
Author :
Akiyama, Masanori ; Imoto, Soichiro ; Shioda, Tatsutoshi ; Tanaka, Yosuke ; Kurokawa, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8588 Japan
Abstract :
We successfully measured the distance of 10 km optical fibers with an accuracy of 10-7. Furthermore, two reflection points with 2.5 m separating over 10 km far away was also successfully resolved.
Keywords :
Absorption; Frequency modulation; Length measurement; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical reflection; Photoconductivity; Reflectometry;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2005. Pacific Rim Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9242-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2005.1569824