• DocumentCode
    2986852
  • Title

    Characterizing the Birefringence of Polarization-Maintaining Fiber using Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry

  • Author

    Froggatt, Mark E. ; Gifford, Dawn K. ; Kreger, Steven ; Wolfe, Matthew S. ; Soller, Brian J.

  • Author_Institution
    Luna Technologies, 2020 Kraft Dr. Suite 2000, Blacksburg, VA 24060, froggattm@lunatechnologies.com
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    24-28 Sept. 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry (OFDR) is used to measure the group index difference and the refractive index difference (i.e. beat-length) between the fast and slow modes in polarization-maintaining (PM) optical fiber.
  • Keywords
    Birefringence; Frequency domain analysis; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Rayleigh scattering; Reflectometry;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes, France
  • Print_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-2-912328-39-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800947
  • Filename
    4800947
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=2986852