NONDESTRUCTIVE DISTRIBUTED MODE-FIELD DIAMETER MEASUREMENT OF SINGLEMODE FIBER LINKS USING OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER INCORPORATED WITH MICROBENDER

Authors
LEE CC CHEN YK LIAW SK
Citation
Cc. Lee et al., NONDESTRUCTIVE DISTRIBUTED MODE-FIELD DIAMETER MEASUREMENT OF SINGLEMODE FIBER LINKS USING OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER INCORPORATED WITH MICROBENDER, Electronics Letters, 34(1), 1998, pp. 106-107
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
34
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
106 - 107
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1998)34:1<106:NDMDMO>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A non-destructive method for measuring the distributed mode-field diam eter of singlemode fibre (SMF) links is demonstrated, for the first ti me, by simply using an optical time-domain reflectometer incorporated with a deformation microbender. A high resolution of 2cm, with good me asurement accuracy of 47.5%, is achieved and compared with the destruc tive variable aperture technique. This practical technique provides an effective measurement method suitable for fibre manufacturing and fie ld tests.