The main purpose of optical fiber inspection is to ensure the quality of system connection, reduce fault factors, and find out the fault point when the optical fiber fails. There are many detection methods, mainly divided into manual simple measurement and precision instrument measurement.
1) Manual simple measurement:
This method is generally used to quickly detect the on-off of the optical fiber, and to distinguish the optical fiber produced during construction. It uses a simple light source to enter visible light from one end of an optical fiber and observe which one emits light from the other end. Although simple, this method cannot quantitatively measure fiber attenuation and fiber breakpoints.
2) Precision instrument measurement:
Use an optical power meter or an optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) to make quantitative measurements on the fiber. It is possible to measure the attenuation of the optical fiber and the attenuation of the connector, and even the position of the breakpoint of the optical fiber. This measurement can be used to quantify the causes of failures in fiber optic networks and to evaluate fiber optic network products.
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