Fiber length and attenuation measurement by utilizing polarized beam splitter and fiber coupler in optical time domain reflectometer

In this study, attention was made to measure the length of the fiber and the coefficient of the fiber attenuation using novel configurations. Laser diode with a fundamental wavelength of (808 ± 10) nm with a maximum power of 50 mW was employed. The measurement was made by using a polarized beam spli...

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Main Authors: Jahanadan, Subramaniam, Munajat, Yusof
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Science 2009
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Munajat, Yusof
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description In this study, attention was made to measure the length of the fiber and the coefficient of the fiber attenuation using novel configurations. Laser diode with a fundamental wavelength of (808 ± 10) nm with a maximum power of 50 mW was employed. The measurement was made by using a polarized beam splitter and a beam coupler. The laser was operated in pulsed mode with a 75 ns pulse width which delivered an average power of 15 mW and continuous mode with a 50 % duty cycle. A preamplified Si PIN photodetector was used to detect the backscattered light. The fiber length measurement was compared utilizing a conventional Anritsu OTDR with an 850 nm wavelength. The length of the fiber obtained is 1313.99 m with a deviation of 0.46 % from a beam splitter measurement with a corresponding attenuation coefficient of 2.65 dBkm-1 with a deviation of 16.22 % and 1303.89 m with a deviation of 0.38 % for the beam coupler with the corresponding attenuation coefficient of 2.58 dB.km-1 with a deviation of 13.16 %
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spelling utm-78272017-02-08T03:01:00Z http://eprints.utm.my/7827/ Fiber length and attenuation measurement by utilizing polarized beam splitter and fiber coupler in optical time domain reflectometer Jahanadan, Subramaniam Munajat, Yusof QC Physics In this study, attention was made to measure the length of the fiber and the coefficient of the fiber attenuation using novel configurations. Laser diode with a fundamental wavelength of (808 ± 10) nm with a maximum power of 50 mW was employed. The measurement was made by using a polarized beam splitter and a beam coupler. The laser was operated in pulsed mode with a 75 ns pulse width which delivered an average power of 15 mW and continuous mode with a 50 % duty cycle. A preamplified Si PIN photodetector was used to detect the backscattered light. The fiber length measurement was compared utilizing a conventional Anritsu OTDR with an 850 nm wavelength. The length of the fiber obtained is 1313.99 m with a deviation of 0.46 % from a beam splitter measurement with a corresponding attenuation coefficient of 2.65 dBkm-1 with a deviation of 16.22 % and 1303.89 m with a deviation of 0.38 % for the beam coupler with the corresponding attenuation coefficient of 2.58 dB.km-1 with a deviation of 13.16 % Faculty of Science 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/7827/1/YusofMunajat2009_FiberLengthandAttenuationMeasurement.pdf Jahanadan, Subramaniam and Munajat, Yusof (2009) Fiber length and attenuation measurement by utilizing polarized beam splitter and fiber coupler in optical time domain reflectometer. Jurnal Fizik UTM, 4 . pp. 50-55. ISSN 0128-8644
spellingShingle QC Physics
Jahanadan, Subramaniam
Munajat, Yusof
Fiber length and attenuation measurement by utilizing polarized beam splitter and fiber coupler in optical time domain reflectometer
title Fiber length and attenuation measurement by utilizing polarized beam splitter and fiber coupler in optical time domain reflectometer
title_full Fiber length and attenuation measurement by utilizing polarized beam splitter and fiber coupler in optical time domain reflectometer
title_fullStr Fiber length and attenuation measurement by utilizing polarized beam splitter and fiber coupler in optical time domain reflectometer
title_full_unstemmed Fiber length and attenuation measurement by utilizing polarized beam splitter and fiber coupler in optical time domain reflectometer
title_short Fiber length and attenuation measurement by utilizing polarized beam splitter and fiber coupler in optical time domain reflectometer
title_sort fiber length and attenuation measurement by utilizing polarized beam splitter and fiber coupler in optical time domain reflectometer
topic QC Physics
url http://eprints.utm.my/7827/
http://eprints.utm.my/7827/1/YusofMunajat2009_FiberLengthandAttenuationMeasurement.pdf