DocumentCode
2059742
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
fYear
2008
fDate
21-25 Sept. 2008
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729442
Filename
4729442
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