Principles of measurement
Chapter 1
This chapter gives the principles of the measurements made by the reflectometer
(OTDR) plug-ins, OSA spectrum analyzers (WDM technology) and PMD analyzers
(Polarization mode dispersion).
The topics discussed in this chapter are as follows:
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"Principle of reflectometry measurements" on page 2
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"Principle of bi-directional measurement" on page 4
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"Principle of the optical power and attenuation measurements" on page 5
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"PMD principle" on page 7
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"Principle of measurement of Chromatic Dispersion (CD ODM) using phase shift
method" on page 9
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"Standards and l0 for different types of fiber" on page 9
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