Title :
Digital homodyne OTDR with dual polarization optical hybrid for PMD distribution measurement
Author :
Ozeki, Takashi ; Kudo, Takahiro ; Oguma, Manabu ; Takahashi, Hiroki ; Iwasaki, Kenichi
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Sci. & Technol., Sophia Univ., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Digital homodyne OTDR with dual polarization optical hybrid using M-sequence correlation was demonstrated for PMD distribution measurement without averaging. The relative phase fluctuation of Rayleigh backscattered field were successfully compensated, for the first time.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; homodyne detection; m-sequences; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; M-sequence correlation; PMD distribution measurement; Rayleigh backscattered field; digital homodyne OTDR; dual polarization optical hybrid; relative phase fluctuation; Binary phase shift keying; Correlation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
