Evaluation of measurement techniques for characterization of photonic crystal fibers

Author

Wegmuller, M. ; Scholder ; Fougeres ; Gisin, Nicolas ; Niemi, T. ; Genty, Goery ; Ludvigsen, Hanne ; Deparis, O.

Author_Institution

Group of Appl. Phys., Univ. de Geneve, Switzerland

fYear

2002

fDate

24-24 May 2002

Abstract

Summary form only given. Measurements of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) were performed with an interferometric technique at the wavelengths of 1310 nm and 1550 nm. The PMD results for the endlessly single-mode photonic crystal fibre (PCF) for a wavelength of 1550 nm are given. An optical frequency domain reflectometer (OFDR) has been employed to obtain information on the homogeneity of the fibers. The local birefringence was determined by exploiting the inherent polarization sensitivity in the OFDR.

Keywords

birefringence; light interferometry; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; photonic crystals; sensitivity; 1310 nm; 1550 nm; fibre measurement technique; inherent polarization sensitivity; interferometric technique; local birefringence; optical frequency domain reflectometer; photonic crystal fibers; polarization mode dispersion; single-mode photonic crystal fibre; Birefringence; Frequency domain analysis; Measurement techniques; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Performance evaluation; Photonic crystal fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the

Conference_Location

Long Beach, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-706-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034391

Filename

1034391