Optical frequency domain reflectometry: A review

ICTON 2009: 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Yuksel, Kivilcim ^a   Wuilpart, Marc ^a   Moeyaert, Véronique ^a   Mégret, Patrice ^a  

^a FACULTÉ POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nonlinear optical frequency sweep; Optical frequency domain reflectometer (ofdr)

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION AREA; FUTURE PERSPECTIVES; NONLINEAR OPTICAL FREQUENCY SWEEP; OFDR SYSTEM; OPERATION PRINCIPLES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER (OFDR); OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY TECHNIQUES; PERFORMANCE CHARACTERISTICS; RECENT PROGRESS; RESEARCH GROUPS;

FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS;

TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS;

EID: 70449561334     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185111     Document Type: Conference Paper

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