Title :
High dynamic range technique for discrete and distributed scattering loss measurement in microstructured optical fibres
Author :
S. R. Sandoghchi;D. R. Gray;Y. Chen;N. V. Wheeler;T. Bradley;J. Hayes;E. Numkam Fokoua;G. T. Jasion;S. M. Mousavi;M. Petrovich;F. Poletti;D. J. Richardson
Author_Institution :
Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate a longitudinally resolved Optical Side Scattering Radiometry (OSSR) technique to measure discrete and distributed scattering loss with >60dB dynamic range and 5cm spatial resolution. We apply it to a record-length 11km hollow core photonic band-gap fibre.
Keywords :
"Loss measurement","Dynamic range","Spatial resolution","Scattering","Optical fiber losses"
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2015 European Conference on
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2015.7341613
