Abstract
We propose a novel modal delay measurement technique for higher-order mode fiber based on real-time optical frequency-domain reflectometry (OFDR) using an extremely simple, entirely passive and ultrafast wavelength sweeping mechanism, namely dispersion-induced optical pulse stretching.
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