Errors and their correction in reflectometric measurements of lengths of spliced fibers

Marek Ratuszek; Jacek Majewski; Zbigniew Zakrzewski; Jozef Zalewski; Malgorzata Ratuszek

doi:10.1117/12.348698

14 May 1999 Errors and their correction in reflectometric measurements of lengths of spliced fibers

Marek Ratuszek, Jacek Majewski, Zbigniew Zakrzewski, Jozef Zalewski, Malgorzata Ratuszek

Proceedings Volume 3731, Optical Fibers and Their Applications VI; (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.348698
Event: Optical Fibers and Their Applications VI, 1998, Bialowieza, Poland

Abstract

Results of reflectometric measurements of the lengths of sectors of single mode telecommunication fibers. Significant extension even by a few meters, of the measured sections, as compared with their real lengths, have been discovered assuming that the measurement was made from the reflectometer towards the splice, and it was found out that the length was shortened if the measurement was made from the splice towards the event of the reflection type (the end of the route). Measurement were made on the band 1310 nm and 1550 nm with the use of a few reflectometers of different types. Analysis and possible reasons of measurement errors have been presented as well as a proposition how to correct them.

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Marek Ratuszek, Jacek Majewski, Zbigniew Zakrzewski, Jozef Zalewski, and Malgorzata Ratuszek "Errors and their correction in reflectometric measurements of lengths of spliced fibers", Proc. SPIE 3731, Optical Fibers and Their Applications VI, (14 May 1999); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.348698

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