Title :
Characterization of highly birefringent optical fibers using interferometric techniques
Author :
W.J. Bock;W. Urbanczyk;M. Fontaine
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´Optoelectron. Ind., Quebec Univ., Hull, Que., Canada
Abstract :
A method is presented for measuring modal birefringence and polarization mode dispersion in highly birefringent fibers. The method employs the principle of white-light interferometry for dispersion measurement, and classical coherent interferometry for birefringence measurement. The key parts of the measuring system are a Wollaston prism made of crystalline quartz used as a shearing type interferometer and a set of quartz delay plates for compensation of retardations up to 1000/spl lambda/ introduced by the tested fibers.
Keywords :
"Birefringence","Optical fibers","Optical fiber polarization","Optical interferometry","Polarization mode dispersion","Crystallization","Shearing","Delay","System testing","Optical fiber testing"
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 1996. IMTC-96. Conference Proceedings. Quality Measurements: The Indispensable Bridge between Theory and Reality., IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3312-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.1996.507303
