• DocumentCode
    931372
  • Title

    Single-Mode Fiber OTDR: Experiment and Theory

  • Author

    Philen, Dan L. ; White, Ian A. ; Kuhl, Jane F. ; Mettler, Stephen C.

  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1982
  • Firstpage
    1487
  • Lastpage
    1496
  • Abstract
    An OTDR measurement technique with an end detection dynamic range of 63 dB is described for use with single-mode fibers. A theoretical analysis of single-mode fiber backscattering is presented which predicts loss penalties in single-mode OTDR´S compared with multimode fibers. The prediction of the critical power levels of about 3 - 4 W for the onset of nonlinear effects in fibers is shown to be in good agreement with experiment. Fusion welded splices do not demonstrate significant backscattered power.
  • Keywords
    Attenuation measurement; Counting circuits; Fault location; Loss measurement; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber theory; Optical scattering; Reflectometry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9480
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TMTT.1982.1131282
  • Filename
    1131282
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=931372