Troubleshooting optical-fiber networks : understanding and using your optical time-domain reflectometer /

This book offers comprehensive, state-of-the-art information about time-domain fiber-optic testing. Readers will gain an understanding of how to troubleshoot optical-fiber networks using an optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR), while learning the fundamental principles underlying the operation o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Anderson, Duwayne R.
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Johnson, Larry, Ph. D., Bell, Florian G.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier Academic Press, ©2004.
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Optical fibers > Testing. Time-domain reflectometry. Réflectométrie temporelle. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Imaging Systems. Optical fibers > Testing Time-domain reflectometry Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Early Development, Fundamentals of Fiber Optics, Fundamentals of OTDR Operation, Performance Characteristics of OTDRs, Measuring Non-Reflective Events, Loss-Measurement Error, Measuring Reflective Events, Complications Caused by Reflective Events, Measuring the Numerical Aperture and Cut-Off Wavelength of Single-Mode Fiber, Using OTDRs to Analyze Passive Networks that Include Couplers, Automatic-Event Marking Algorithms and Calibration, Test Fixtures, Polarization Mode Dispersion, Dispersion in Optical Fibers, Considerations in Purchasing your OTDR.