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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Elsevier Academic Press,
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Publisher Address: | Amsterdam ; Boston : |
Publication Dates: | 2004. |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
Edition: | Second edition. |
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http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780120586615 |
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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 of these powerful testing instruments. From basic fiber optics and fiber testing, to detailed event-analysis techniques, this book covers the entire spectrum of time-domain optical cable test theory and applications. * Only book available focusing solely on OTDR theory and practice * Covers the entire spectrum of time-domain optical cable test theory and applications * Designed to be accessible to both engineers and system technicians * Includes OTDR training CD. |
Item Description: | Revised edition of: Optical time-domain reflectometry. 1997. |
Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (xvi, 437 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
1417537205 9781417537204 159278304X 9781592783045 9780120586615 0120586614 0080492363 9780080492360 |
Index Number: | TA1800 |
CLC: | TN25 |
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. |