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Remote Detection of Fiber Fuse Propagating in Optical Fibers

Kazi S. Abedin, Toshio Morioka

2009 · 14 citations · 8 references

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Abstract

A novel technique of remotely detecting fiber fuse from the electrical spectrum of backreflected light is proposed and demonstrated. When fuse occurred, a rise in signal level over 50dB was observed for frequencies ranging ~20-500 KHz.

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