Title :
Highly sensitive optical line checker with a leaking component embedded on an optical fiber cord
Author :
Takeuchi, Y. ; Mabuchi, K. ; Iwasaki, J. ; Sakuraba, K.
Author_Institution :
R&D Center, Osaki Electr. Co. Ltd., Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
We have developed a practical optical line checker to judge whether fiber line is live or dark without any transmission failure, achieving detectable optical signal lower limit of -40 dBm in a wide wavelength range.
Keywords :
optical elements; optical fibre communication; optical signal detection; optical testing; telecommunication network reliability; optical fiber cord; optical signal detection; sensitive optical line checker; transmission failure; Insertion loss; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
