Indirect technique of measuring Raman gain efficiency distribution based on OTDR

Konferenz: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
16.09.2007- 20.09.2007 in Berlin, Germany

Tagungsband: ECOC 2007

Seiten: 2Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Ohashi, Masaharu (Osaka Prefecture University , 1-1, Gakuen-cho, Naka, Sakai, Osaka)
Yamashita, Ikuo (Kansai Electric Power, 3-11-20 Nakoji, Amagasaki, Hyogo, 661-0974 Japan)

Inhalt:
An indirect technique is proposed for measuring Raman gain efficiency distribution by using OTDR. Raman gain efficiency is estimated easily from the relative-index difference and MFD, which can be measured by the bidirectional OTDR method.