1. Early developments
2. Fundamentals of fi ber optics
3. Fundamentals of OTDR operation
4. Performance characteristics of OTDRs
5. Measuring nonrefl ective events
6. Loss-measurement error
7. Measuring refl ective events
8. Complications caused by refl ective events
9. Measuring the numerical aperture and
mode-fi eld diameter of single-mode fi ber
10. Analyzing passive networks containing
splitters and couplers
11. Automatic event-marking
algorithms and calibration
12. Test fi xtures
13. Polarization mode dispersion
14. Dispersion in optical fi bers
15. Considerations when selecting an OTDR
