Title :
A non-intrusive characterization of long fiber link birefringence
Author :
Antonelli, Cristian ; Mecozzi, Antonio ; Brodsky, Misha
Author_Institution :
Dept of Electr. & Inf. Eng. & CNISM, Univ. of L´´Aquila, L´´Aquila
Abstract :
We show that the optical fiber birefringence can be characterized using two easily measured parameters, the differential group delay and the Faraday rotation angle induced by a weak magnetic field.
Keywords :
Faraday effect; birefringence; optical fibre communication; optical fibres; optical links; Faraday rotation angle; differential group delay; fiber link birefringence; nonintrusive characterization; optical fiber birefringence; Birefringence; Delay estimation; Length measurement; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic field measurement; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Rotation measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729442
