Lengthwise Measurement of Chromatic Dispersion along an Optical Fiber Transmission Link with Enhanced Correction Factor
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Mirza Imran Baig
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Ahmed M. Nahhas
Abstract
In recent years optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR)-based techniques have become a known practice for measuring chromatic dispersion (CD) distribution along an optical fiber transmission link. In this paper, a measurement technique which uses a four-wavelength bidirectional OTDR to evaluate the CD distribution along the length of an optical fiber transmission system has been presented. A novel formulation has been developed for this nondestructive technique to improve the correction factor, which leads to an improvement in the CD and mode field diameter (MFD) measurement. The obtained experimental outcomes are in good agreement with those obtained by the interferometric technique.
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