• DocumentCode
    971998
  • Title

    Polarisation beat length measurement in a single-mode optical fibre by backward Rayleigh scattering

  • Author

    Nakazawa, M. ; Horiguchi, T. ; Tokuda, M. ; Uchida, N.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Ibaraki Electrical Communication Laboratory, Tokai, Japan
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    15
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    513
  • Lastpage
    515
  • Abstract
    Polarisation fluctuation on the backward Rayleigh scattered signal measured by the POTDR (polarisation optical time domain reflectometer) has been investigated by means of the power spectrum. As a result, the spectrum is sharply peaked at the Fourier frequency of 8.3 × 106 Hz determined by the polarisation beat length of 12 m due to the difference in phase velocities between the orthogonal eHE11 and oHE11 modes. The value is in good agreement with the analysis.
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh scattering; optical fibres; polarisation; time-domain reflectometry; backward Rayleigh scattering; polarisation beat length measurement; polarisation optical time domain reflectometer; power spectrum; single-mode optical fibre;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19810359
  • Filename
    4245833
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=971998