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Nondestructive measurement of mode couplings along a multi-core fiber using a synchronous multi-channel OTDR |
Optics Express, Vol. 20, Issue 11, pp. 12530-12540 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.20.012530
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Abstract
We propose and demonstrate a new technique for measuring mode couplings along a multi-core fiber (MCF) that employs a multi-channel optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR). The mode couplings along seven core fibers are successfully obtained using a synchronous seven-channel OTDR.
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OCIS Codes
(060.2270) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber characterization
(120.4825) Instrumentation, measurement, and metrology : Optical time domain reflectometry
ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
History
Original Manuscript: April 16, 2012
Revised Manuscript: May 11, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: May 12, 2012
Published: May 18, 2012
Citation
Masataka Nakazawa, Masato Yoshida, and Toshihiko Hirooka, "Nondestructive measurement of mode couplings along a multi-core fiber using a synchronous multi-channel OTDR," Opt. Express 20, 12530-12540 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-20-11-12530
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