Title :
Simple backscattered power technique for measuring crosstalk of multi-core fibers
Author :
Ohashi, M. ; Kawazu, K. ; Nakamura, A. ; Miyoshi, Y.
Author_Institution :
Osaka Prefecture Univ., Sakai, Japan
Abstract :
A simple technique is proposed for measuring the crosstalk of multi-core fibers using optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR). The crosstalk of a seven multi-core fiber is successfully estimated with the proposed technique.
Keywords :
optical crosstalk; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; backscattered power; multicore fibers; optical crosstalk measurment; optical time-domain reflectometry; Couplings; Crosstalk; Multicore processing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical variables measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276724
