OTDR reach extension for monitoring of high-loss optical links

Microwave and Optical Technology Letters

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 974-977

  Temporão, Guilherme P ^a   De Faria, Giancarlo Vilela ^a   Urban, Patryk J ^b   Von Der Weid, Jean Pierre ^a  

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

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

optical fibers; passive optical netwoks; semiconductor optical amplifiers

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERED LIGHT; FIBER ATTENUATION; LONG-REACH PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS; NOVEL TECHNIQUES; OPERATING WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL-FIBER LINKS; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWOKS;

OPTICAL FIBERS; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84896848249     PISSN: 08952477     EISSN: 10982760     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mop.28215     Document Type: Article

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