Title :
Distributed Polarization-Mode-Dispersion Measurement in Fiber Links by Polarization-Sensitive Reflectometric Techniques
Author :
Galtarossa, Andrea ; Grosso, Daniele ; Palmieri, Luca ; Schenato, Luca
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Padova, Padova
Abstract :
We present a theoretical analysis showing how to measure the instantaneous differential group delay of an arbitrary subsection of a link, by means of a polarization-sensitive reflectometric measurement as, for instance, polarization optical time-domain reflectometry. Analytical predictions are supported and validated by preliminary experimental results.
Keywords :
delays; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; differential group delay; distributed Measurement; fiber links; optical time-domain reflectometry; polarization-mode-dispersion measurement; polarization-sensitive reflectometry; Differential group delay (DGD); polarization- mode dispersion (PMD); reflectometric measurements;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2008.2005482
