Title :
Optical Fiber Connector Surface Defect Detection Using Wavelets
Author :
Rehman, Atique ; Mozaffar, Waheed Bin
Author_Institution :
Int. Islamic Univ., Islamabad
Abstract :
In this paper, a wavelet-based surface defect detection of optical fiber ferrules is proposed. Surface defects on optical fiber connectors can be damaging to passing signals when coupled with other connectors. Our quality control enhancement work is a visual control stage, using magnified images, whereby morphological operations segment the image and wavelet transforms then detect defects on optical fiber connector surfaces to improve the overall acceptability of the manufactured components.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical interconnections; wavelet transforms; image segments; morphological operations; optical fiber connector; quality control enhancement; wavelet transforms; wavelet-based defect detection; Connectors; Morphological operations; Optical control; Optical coupling; Optical detectors; Optical fibers; Optical surface waves; Quality control; Surface morphology; Surface waves;
Conference_Titel :
Information and Emerging Technologies, 2007. ICIET 2007. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Karachi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1247-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1247-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICIET.2007.4381337
