Title :
Wavelength tunable optical time domain reflectometry for WDM-PONs
Author :
Shin, W. ; Oh, K. ; Yu, B.-A. ; Lee, Y.L. ; Noh, Y.-C. ; Ko, D.-K. ; Lee, J.
Author_Institution :
Adv. Photonics Res. Inst., GIST, Gwangju
Abstract :
A new fiber fault location detecting method is demonstrated for WDM-PON. Unique wavelength tunable optical time domain reflectometry was developed by a digital micro mirror array based tunable fiber laser and correlation OTDR technique.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; fibre optic sensors; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; laser tuning; micromirrors; optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical correlation; optical fibre networks; optical time-domain reflectometry; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM-PON; correlation OTDR; digital micromirror array; fiber fault location detecting method; optical time domain reflectometry; passive optical network; tunable fiber laser; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength tunable reflectometry; Passive optical networks; Reflectometry;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610467
