Sub-cm Spatial Resolution Reflectometry over 10 km Based on Phase Noise Compensated OFDR with Third Order Sideband Sweeping

Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria

Proceedings: ECOC 2009

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Koshikiya, Yusuke; Fan, Xinyu; Ito, Fumihiko (NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 1-7-1 Hanabatake, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan)

Abstract:
We describe PNC-OFDR employing 3rd order sideband sweeping to realize a broader frequency sweep span. We achieved a sub-cm spatial resolution over a 10 km measurement range.