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<p>This interdisciplinary research is focused on constructing and demonstrating enhanced-reach polarization optical time-domain reflectometer (POTDR) for monitoring single-mode fibre optical communication lines. An optical signal state of polarization measurements enables several new possibilities for real-time monitoring solutions in fibre optics. However, there is no commercial equipment available to determine the location in fibre optical cable where the light polarization state changes. The authors present a monitoring technique of an optical signal state of polarization based on reflected signal time-amplitude analysis with improved operation parameters, namely, timing resolution (2 to 3 ps RMS) and amplitude measurement resolution of nanosecond scale pulses (8 to 10 bits) for monitoring of fibre optical communication lines. Additionally, the demonstrated POTDR provides a considerable optical fibre line measurement reach of up to 40 km.</p>
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This interdisciplinary research is focused on constructing and demonstrating enhanced-reach polarization optical time-domain reflectometer (POTDR) for monitoring single-mode fibre optical communication lines. An optical signal state of polarization measurements enables several new possibilities for real-time monitoring solutions in fibre optics. However, there is no commercial equipment available to determine the location in fibre optical cable where the light polarization state changes. The authors present a monitoring technique of an optical signal state of polarization based on reflected signal time-amplitude analysis with improved operation parameters, namely, timing resolution (2 to 3 ps RMS) and amplitude measurement resolution of nanosecond scale pulses (8 to 10 bits) for monitoring of fibre optical communication lines. Additionally, the demonstrated POTDR provides a considerable optical fibre line measurement reach of up to 40 km.

Enhanced-Reach Polarization Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry Technique for Fibre Optical Infrastructure Monitoring

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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This interdisciplinary research is focused on constructing and demonstrating enhanced-reach polarization optical time-domain reflectometer (POTDR) for...

Enhanced-Reach Polarization Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry Technique for Fibre Optical Infrastructure Monitoring

Published Online: Mar 30, 2024

Page range: 33 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2024-0011

Keywords
Optical fibres, optical state of polarization, polarization optical time-domain reflectometer (POTDR)

© 2024 J. Braunfelds et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Enhanced-Reach Polarization Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry Technique for Fibre Optical Infrastructure Monitoring

Published Online: Mar 30, 2024

Page range: 33 - 43

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2024-0011

KeywordsOptical fibres, optical state of polarization, polarization optical time-domain reflectometer (POTDR)

© 2024 J. Braunfelds et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Optical fibres, optical state of polarization, polarization optical time-domain reflectometer (POTDR)