Optical Fiber Characterization

Download or read book Optical Fiber Characterization written by B. L. Danielson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Optical Fiber Characterization: Backscatter, Time Domain Bandwidth, Refracted Near Field, and Interlaboratory Comparisons The characterization of optical fiber waveguides has been an important topic ever since the first low-loss fiber was fabricated in 1970. Fiber measurements remain a frequent meeting topic and several books have been written on the subject. During the past several years, a number of measurement systems have been developed at the National Bureau of Standards. This book is the first volume of a series intended to describe the design and performance of these systems. Volume I includes a description of systems to measure the backscatter, bandwidth (time domain), and index profile (refracted near field) of Optical fibers. Chapters describing these systems are minor revisions of former nbs Technical Notes many of which are now out of print. Descriptions are representative of current practice in the industry and much of the material will be relevant to future systems. Each chapter contains a brief tutorial on the particular subject and a detailed description of the system. This level of engineering detail is not usually found in other books on the subject. Chapter 4 gives a comprehensive description of a series of interlaboratory comparisons with manufacturing members of the Electronic Industries Association. The results are important because they serve to document practices being considered as industry standards. Comparisons cover a complete set of parameters (attenuation, bandwidth, numeri cal aperture, and core diameter) used in the specification of inultimode, graded - index, telecommunications fiber. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.