• DocumentCode
    600400
  • Title

    Widely tunable SOA-based OTDR employing a cost-effective source configuration

  • Author

    Hongxin Chen ; Baribault, R. ; Leclerc, M. ; Morin-Drouin, E. ; Perron, S. ; Ruchet, B. ; Thomassin, E. ; Schinn, G.W.

  • Author_Institution
    EXFO Inc., Québec, QC, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    4-8 March 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We describe an SOA-based tunable pulsed optical source employing a novel topology, which provides pulses of variable duration and rapid rise time for OTDR measurements. Applications to spectral attenuation and CD characterization are illustrated.
  • Keywords
    reflectometers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; time-domain reflectometry; CD characterization; OTDR measurements; SOA-based tunable pulsed optical source; cost-effective source configuration; optical time domain reflectometers; rapid rise time; semiconductor optical amplifier; spectral attenuation; variable duratio pulses; widely tunable SOA-based OTDR; Cavity resonators; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Pollution measurement; Pulse measurements; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-0262-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6476223
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=600400