The article presents the results of an experimental study of the possibility of application a phase-sensitive reflectometer to register nonlinear acoustic emissions during the formation of defects in optical fibers. The method for control of nonlinear acoustic emission parameters in optical fibers was proposed and the peculiarities of using a phase-sensitive optical reflectometer was considered.
The paper presents the study of a phase-sensitive reflectometer's potential for recording acoustic emission signals from the early stages of optical fiber defect growth. The methods of registering acoustic emissions and two possible ways of forming defects in the optical fiber are described. As a result, it is demonstrated that pulsed acoustic emissions can be recorded during the process of defect formation on the optical fiber surface.
This work introduces first time fabricated spun silica microstructured optical fiber (MOF) with inclusion seven GeO2-doped capillaries, placed in the central part of MOF cross-section, and induced twisting. While Part I discussed technological issues for manufacturing of described complicated twisted fiber optic structure, presented some pilot samples of described MOFs with various twisting order and measured their transmission spectra, Part II describes some results of results of experimental researches, performed for successfully manufactured twisted MOF pilot samples with typical hexagonal geometry under hole radius 4.40 μm and pitch 9.80 μm, outer “telecommunication” diameter 125 μm, and center part, formed by seven hollow GeO2-doped ring cores with inner radius 2.50 μm, pitch 8.80 μm and refractive index difference Δn=0.030 with induced twisting 130, 300 and 730 revolutions per meter. Following test series were performed: measurements of far-field laser beam profiles, some attempts of fusion splicing of typical telecommunication optical fibers and fabricated MOF with insertion loss estimation, and spectral response measurements of both single and group WDM (Wavelength Division Multiplexing)-channels of commercially available telecom WDM-system under inclusion of 2 m length MOF into various spans of short-range lab fiber optic link.
The experimental study of attenuation distribution changes of optical fiber in cable due cyclic temperature variations is represented in paper. It was observed that attenuation coefficient changes due temperature effect varies in irregular manner, that can be caused by redistribution of fiber curvature along cable. The fiber segments corresponding to the outer cable coils on the drum are most affected by temperature cycling, that can be due high thermal inertia of cable drum. The length of fiber segment with noticeable attenuation rising is approximately 500 m. The irregular local attenuation changes demonstrate the optical fiber curvature redistribution in cable due cyclic temperature variation and also can be used for estimation of variation of mechanical stresses.
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