Title :
Time resolved characterization of the polarization state of optical pulses
Author :
Buccafusca, O. ; Hernday, P.
Author_Institution :
Agilent Technol., Santa Rosa, CA, USA
Abstract :
A technique to determine the time evolution of the polarization state within an optical pulse is described and example measurements of pulses affected by polarization-mode dispersion are presented.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical pulse generation; optical pulse shaping; time measurement; optical pulses technique; polarization state; polarization-mode dispersion; pulse measurements; time evolution; time resolved characterization; Measurement techniques; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Optical recording; Optical retarders; Polarization mode dispersion; Pulse measurements; Stokes parameters; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248368
