Spectral filtering criteria for U-band test light for in-service line monitoring in optical fiber networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 2328-2335

  Honda, Nazuki ^c   Izumita, Hisashi ^a,b,c   Nakamura, Minoru ^d  

^a IEEE

^b OSA ^*

^c Access Network Service Systems Lab   (Japan)

^d NTT CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Maintenance; Optical fiber measurements; Optical fiber testing; Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR)

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; REFLECTOMETERS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL FIBER TESTING; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OTDR); SPECTRAL FILTERING;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 33947675252     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.874658     Document Type: Article

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