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Optical fiber test method and optical fiber test device

US11719599B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 2019
Grant dateAug 8, 2023
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Expiry dateOct 10, 2039

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01M11/39
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This disclosure describes inputting pulsated pump light in a fundamental mode or a first higher-order mode into one end of an optical fiber under test constructed by connecting two optical fibers in series; inputting probe light having an optical frequency difference within a Brillouin frequency shift range with respect to the pump light into the other end of the optical fiber under test in the fundamental mode or the first higher-order mode; measuring a Brillouin gain distribution related to a distance of transmitted light intensity of probe light output from the one end into which the pump light was input; and calculating each inter-modal coupling efficiency at the connection point of the optical fiber under test.

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