Test and measurement for fiber optic communications

Author

Hayes, Jim

Author_Institution

Fotec Inc., Boston, MA, USA

fYear

1998

fDate

9-11 Jun 1998

Firstpage

257

Lastpage

272

Abstract

Fiber optics is now the transmission medium of choice for telephony, CATV and LAN backbones, and looks to be the primary choice for all gigabit networks. New technology is allowing up to 80 GB/s over a pair of singlemode fibers and over 1 GB/s over multimode fiber in premises applications. Fiber amplifiers and externally modulated lasers are reaching very high power levels. Dense wavelength division multiplexing is allowing dozens of individual links to share a single fiber. These and other new technologies are demanding new testing methods and equipment. This presentation will cover the basics of fiber optic testing as well as the new technology requiring advanced test methods. A survey of currently available test equipment and likely future advances are also discussed

Keywords

fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; optical modulation; optical transmitters; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 to 80 Gbit/s; externally modulated lasers; fiber amplifiers; fiber optic communications; fiber optic testing; multimode fiber; power levels; singlemode fibers; test methods; transmission medium; wavelength division multiplexing; High power amplifiers; Local area networks; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Spine; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electro 98. Professional Program Proceedings

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4940-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ELECTR.1998.682115

Filename

682115