Title :
Birefringence measurements of single-mode fibers using the polarization shuttle pulse technique
Author :
Brown, C.S. ; Stone, F.T.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs, Norcross, GA, USA
fDate :
1/1/1986 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel and practical polarization shuttle pulse (PSP) technique has been developed to measure the intrinsic birefringence in short lengths of nominally circular-core low-birefringence single-mode fibers. By adding a linear polarizer, a Soleil-Babinet compensator, and a linear analyzer to the conventional shuttle-pulse arrangement, the length dependence of the phase delay (and hence the birefringence) can be measured nondestructively. An order-of-magnitude improvement in measurement repeatability over the conventional cut-back method has been achieved.
Keywords :
Optical fiber measurements; Optical polarization; Birefringence; Delay estimation; Detectors; Length measurement; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Phase measurement; Pulse measurements;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.1986.1074622