High-resolution differential mode delay measurement for a multimode optical fiber using a modified optical frequency domain reflectometer

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 8256-8262

  Ahn, T J ^a   Kim, D Y ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LASERS; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

DIFFERENTIAL MODE DELAY (DMD); MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OFDR);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 28944436093     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.008256     Document Type: Article

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