DocumentCode :
1794350
Title :
Measurement of mode coupling distribution along a few-mode fiber using a synchronous multi-channel OTDR
Author :
Nakazawa, Masataka ; Yoshida, Manabu ; Hirooka, Toshihiko
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
fYear :
2014
fDate :
9-13 March 2014
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
3
Abstract :
We demonstrate the nondestructive measurement of mode coupling along a few-mode fiber using a synchronous multi-channel OTDR. The mode coupling distribution between the LP01 and LP11a,b modes is successfully obtained with a 10-m spatial resolution.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; reflectometry; space division multiplexing; LP01 mode; LP11a,b mode; few-mode fiber; mode division multiplexing; multicore fibers; nondestructive mode coupling distribution measurement; optical time domain reflectometry; space division multiplexing; spatial resolution; synchronous multichannel OTDR; Couplings; Crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical pulses; Optical variables measurement;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.W3D.7
Filename :
6887123
Link To Document :
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