Title :
Polarization effects in optical fibers: measurement issues
Author_Institution :
Group of Appl. Phys., Geneva Univ., Switzerland
Abstract :
We discuss fibre polarisation measurement methods which include photon counting, OTDR. Measurements are made of polarisation mode dispersion, differential group delay, and polarisation dependent loss.
Keywords :
delays; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical loss measurement; optical time-domain reflectometry; photon counting; OTDR; differential group delay; fibre polarisation measurement methods; optical fibre communication; photon counting; polarisation dependent loss; polarisation mode dispersion; Frequency; Instruments; Measurement techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Statistics; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036428
