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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2001
Syoichi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Yano, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Senda, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumasa Takada, Tokyo, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A low coherent reflectometer uses low coherent beams for measurement of refletance and refleting positions with respect to a measured optical circuit which includes a reflecting point. The low coherent beams are branched to produce measurement beams (DL) and local beams (KL), so that the measurement beams are introduced into a first optical path, which includes a dispersion shifted fiber, towards the measured optical circuit, while the local beams are introduced into a second optical path which includes a spatial optical path terminated by a reflecting mirror. Refleted measurement beams (RL) and reflected local beams are combined together to produce combined beams, which are subjected to processing and analysis.