• DocumentCode
    609069
  • 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
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6533209