A new method for chromatic dispersion mapping in optical fibers is presented. It is based on measuring the CW four-wave mixing distribution created by two beams along the fiber using a Brillouin-OTDA. Experimental results demonstrate the feasibility of the technique
Title
Chromatic dispersion mapping by sensing the power distribution of four-wave mixing along the fiber using Brillouin probing
Published in
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Series
Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, 2003)
Volume
2
Pages
714-716 paper FK3
Conference
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003, Atlanta, Georgia United States, 23-28 March 2003
Date
2003
Publisher
Optical Society of America
Record creation date
2008-09-29