• DocumentCode
    399146
  • Title

    Chromatic dispersion mapping by sensing the power distribution of four-wave mixing along the fiber using Brillouin probing

  • Author

    Herraez, M.G. ; Thevenaz, L. ; Floch, S. Le ; Robert, P. ; Corredera, P.

  • Author_Institution
    EPFL Metrol. & Photonics Lab., Lausanne, Switzerland
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    714
  • Abstract
    A new method for chromatic dispersion mapping in optical fibers is presented. It is based on measuring the CW four-wave mixing distribution created by two beams along the fiber using a Brillouin-OTDA. Experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of the technique.
  • Keywords
    Brillouin spectra; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; time-domain analysis; Brillouin probing; Brillouin-OTDA; CW four-wave mixing; chromatic dispersion mapping; optical fibers; power distribution sensing; Chromatic dispersion; Equations; Fluctuations; Four-wave mixing; Power distribution; Splicing; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Temperature measurement; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248521
  • Filename
    1248521