Title :
Experimental measurements of spin period in randomly-birefringent spun fibers
Author :
Galtarossa, A. ; Palmieri, L. ; Sarchi, D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Padova Univ., Italy
Abstract :
We present a POTDR-based technique to measure the spin period of randomly-birefringent spun fibers. Experimental results are in excellent agreement with the nominal spin periods of ad hoc drawn fibers.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; ad hoc drawn fibers; polarization sensitive OTDR; polarization sensitive optical time domain reflectometer; randomly-birefringent spun fiber; spin period;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
