Title :
On-Spool PMD Estimation Method for Low-PMD Fibers With High Repeatability by Local-DGD Measurement Using POTDR
Author :
Goto, Ryuichiro ; Tanigawa, Shoji ; Matsuo, Shoichiro ; Himeno, Kuniharu
Author_Institution :
Opt. & Electron. Lab., Fujikura Ltd, Sakura
Abstract :
A new polarization mode dispersion (PMD) estimation method by measuring local differential group delay using polarization optical time-domain reflectometry (POTDR) is proposed. This method has very high repeatability and is effective for low-PMD fibers, whereas conventional PMD measurement methods have large measurement uncertainty. This method is also applicable to the outer layers of on-spool fibers to estimate their off-spool PMD
Keywords :
measurement uncertainty; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; time-domain reflectometry; local differential group delay; measurement uncertainty; off-spool polarization mode dispersion; on-spool fibers; polarization mode dispersion estimation; polarization mode dispersion fibers; polarization optical time-domain reflectometry; repeatability; Delay estimation; High speed optical techniques; Measurement uncertainty; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Reflectometry; Time domain analysis; Optical fiber; optical fiber measurements; polarization mode dispersion (PMD); polarization optical time-domain reflectometry (POTDR);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.884180
