Title :
Distributed measurement of Raman gain spectrum in concatenations of optical fibres with OTDR
Author :
Wuilpart, M. ; Ravet, G. ; Mégret, P. ; Blondel, M.
Author_Institution :
Fac. Polylechnique de Mons, Belgium
Abstract :
A technique for the measurement of the distributed Raman gain along an optical link is described. Using a tunable OTDR measurement setup, it is shown that it is possible to determine the Raman gain spectrum of each fibre of an optical link. Results obtained for step-index and dispersion compensating fibres are reported.
Keywords :
Raman lasers; fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; OTDR; Raman amplification; Raman fibre laser; Raman gain spectrum; dispersion compensating fibres; distributed measurement; optical fibre concatenations; optical link; step-index fibres; tunable OTDR measurement setup;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20030027
