Fault surveillance of branched optical networks using an amplifier-generated wavelength-sweeping monitoring source

Author

Chun-Kit Chan ; Tong, F. ; Lian-Kuan Chen ; Keang-Po Ho ; Lam, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

69

Abstract

We demonstrate a simple and effective fault detection scheme using an amplifier-generated wavelength sweeping source and some fiber Bragg gratings to identify the fiber fault in an optically amplified branched access network without any dedicated monitoring source.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; condition monitoring; fault location; laser beam applications; optical feedback; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; surveillance; EDFA; all-optical feedback loop; amplifier-generated monitoring source; branched optical networks; fault detection scheme; fault surveillance; fiber Bragg gratings; fiber fault identification; time-domain monitoring process; wavelength-sweeping monitoring source; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Monitoring; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.768066

Filename

768066