Title :
Reflectometric measurement of polarization dependent loss in fiber optic links
Author :
Galtarossa, A. ; Palmieri, L.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Ingegneria dell´´Informazione, Univ. degli Studi di Padova, Italy
Abstract :
Polarization sensitive optical reflectometry is an effective tool for measuring birefringence and polarization mode dispersion of fiber optic links. Classical measurement techniques are based on the polarization analysis of the transmitted field, therefore they require access to both the ends of the optical link. Any typical optical link, made of a concatenation of optical single-mode fibers and optical devices, may be described with a Jones matrix F(z).
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical links; optical variables measurement; reflectometry; Jones matrix; birefringence; fiber optic links; optical devices; optical reflectometry; optical single-mode fibers; polarization dependent loss; polarization mode dispersion; reflectometric measurement; Birefringence; Loss measurement; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Polarization mode dispersion; Reflectometry;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247619
