High-performance OTDR using Q-switched erbium-doped fiber ring laser and pulse expander

Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series

Volumn 70, Issue , 2002, Pages 613-615

  Adachi, Shoji ^a   Koyamada, Yahei ^a  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; Q SWITCHED LASERS; RING LASERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETERS (OTDR);

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 0036438183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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