Reflectometric measurements of PMD parameters in long single-mode fibers

Author

Galtarossa, Andrea ; Palmieri, Luca

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica e Inf., Padova Univ., Italy

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

10-14 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

558

Abstract

Polarization-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry is an effective tool for the analysis of birefringence properties of long single-mode fibers. In this paper, we review its theory and the main experimental results. Until now, all the experimental results confirm that linear birefringence is a random process, very well described by the Wai-Menyuk model. Moreover, in some cases experimental evidences of circular birefringence, induced by constant twist-rate, were found.

Keywords

birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical fibre theory; optical time-domain reflectometry; reviews; PMD parameters; Wai-Menyuk mode; birefringence properties; circular birefringence; constant twist-rate; linear birefringence; long single-mode fibers; polarization mode dispersion; polarization-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry; random process; reflectometric measurements; Birefringence; Equations; Frequency; Measurement techniques; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Production; Reflectometry; Time domain analysis; Zirconium;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159429

Filename

1159429