Title :
PMD distribution measurement with polarimetric OTDR assuming nonspherical Rayleigh backscattering
Author :
Ozeki, T. ; Nakayama, K. ; Shinozuka, K. ; Iwasaki, Kenichi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Sophia Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrated comparison of polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) distribution among DSF´s with/without spin during fiber-drawing, based on p-OTDR Jones matrix eigen analysis (JME) method which were consistent with JME standard measurement using transmission n-type polarimetry.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; matrix algebra; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; polarimetry; DSF; Jones matrix eigen analysis; fiber-drawing; nonspherical Rayleigh backscattering; p-type polarimetry; polarimetric OTDR; polarisation mode dispersion measurement; transmission n-type polarimetry;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
