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Home / Library / Technical Documents / Application Notes / Tnote041-V1

A New Test Method for the Quantitative Determination of BAD PMD Sections Along an Installed Fiber Link

A New Test Method for the Quantitative Determination of BAD PMD Sections Along an Installed Fiber Link

This technical note introduces a novel measurement method using a tunable random-scrambling POTDR (RS-POTDR).