On the characterization of optical fiber network components with optical frequency domain reflectometry

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1131-1141

  Von Der Weid, J P ^a,c,d,e   Passy, Rogiero ^a,b,d   Mussi, G ^b   Gisin, Nicolas ^b,f,g,h  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c Universite de Neuchatel Institut de Physique   (Switzerland)

^d PUC   (Brazil)

^e Electrical Engineering Department   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^g Alphatronix Company

^h Group of Applied Physics   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Frequency domain analysis; Optical fiber measurement; Optical fiber measurement applications; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical reflection

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBER NETWORK COMPONENTS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031176106     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.596958     Document Type: Article

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