Title :
Fiber Identification Below an Optical Splitter With a Test Light Injection Tool
Author :
Hirota, Hidenobu ; Kawano, Tomohiro ; Shinpo, Makoto ; Kazutaka, Noto ; Honda, Nazuki ; Kiyokura, Takanori ; Manabe, Tetsuya
Author_Institution :
Access Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tsukuba, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a novel test light injection tool for fiber identification below an optical splitter in a passive optical network. This tool makes it easy to input a test light into a bent fiber with a lateral light injection technique. We designed a high precision alignment technique to improve the test light injection efficiency and confirmed that the proposed tool can be used for fiber identification below an optical splitter.
Keywords :
optical beam splitters; optical communication equipment; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; passive optical networks; high precision alignment technique; lateral light injection technique; optical design; optical fiber identification; optical splitter; passive optical network; test light injection tool; Couplings; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Access maintenance equipment; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber network; optical fiber communication; optical fiber network;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2015.2411746
