Fiber optic Fabry‐Perot interferometer based sensor for inspecting cleaved fiber ends

Abstract

We propose a novel fiber optic sensor for inspecting cleaved optical fiber ends based on Fabry–Perot interferometer.The sensor uses mainly laser diodes, an optical power meter, 3‐dB coupler, and XY lateral adjustment fiber stage. Experimentally obtained fiber end images were in good agreement with scanning electron microscope observation images. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:1541–1543, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26829

Faults and Novel Countermeasures for Optical Fiber Connections in Fiber-To-The-Home Networks

“…Therefore, an inspection method is needed for these connections. A fiber optic Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor for inspecting cleaved optical fiber ends has been proposed [23][24].…”