Optical Time Domain Reflectometry setup in the experimental optics course.

Optical Time Domain Reflectometry

Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) can, for example, provide information about the attenuation of a fiber, the splice quality inside the network and connection losses between two fibers.
Optical Time Domain Reflectometry setup in the experimental optics course.
Image: Jan-Peter Kasper (University of Jena)

This setup is aimed at learning about a versatile tool for measuring the characteristics of optical fibers. Optical Time Domain Reflectometry can not only measure the length of a fiber, but also many properties of optical networks. OTDR can provide information about attenuation of the fiber, the splice quality inside the network, and connection losses between two fibers. Furthermore, Optical Time Domain Reflectometry can detect and localize a break in optical networks.

Further content and detailed descriptions are available to enrolled students via the course's page at the Moodle website of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena.