Wavelength tunable optical time-domain reflectometry based on wavelength swept fiber laser employing two-dimensional digital micro-mirror array

Abstract

We demonstrate a cost effective wavelength tunable optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR) for wavelength division multiplexing passive optical networks (WDM-PON). In order to realize the unique wavelength tunable optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR), the wavelength swept fiber laser was developed by a digital micro-mirror array device (DMD), and the correlation OTDR (COTDR) technique was used. We successfully detected the fault location at the remote node fibers with 20 m resolution and fast wavelength setting speed of similar to 15 mu s in conventional band (C-band). (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.