Ultra-high resolution and long-range OFDRs for characterizing and monitoring Hollow-core DNANFs

  • N. K. Fontaine ,
  • M. Mazur ,
  • B. J. Puttnam ,
  • S. Bakhtiari Gorajoobi ,
  • R. Slavík ,
  • R. Ryf ,
  • L. Dallachiesa ,
  • H. Chen ,
  • D. T. Neilson ,
  • D. J. Richardson ,
  • E. Numkam Fokoua

Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2025 |

Publication

We demonstrate distributed characterization of hollow-core DNANFs using two OFDR systems: the first reaches 5-km with sub-mm resolution and measures distributed modal birefringence, whilst the second probes over 100-km with 3-m (25-m) resolution at 10-km (100-km) and >90-dB dynamic range.