DocumentCode
1139230
Title
Reflectometric Characterization of Hinges in Optical Fiber Links
Author
Galtarossa, A. ; Grosso, Daniele ; Palmieri, L. ; Schenato, L.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Padova Univ., Padova, Italy
Volume
20
Issue
10
fYear
2008
fDate
5/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
854
Lastpage
856
Abstract
Two different reflectometric techniques for the characterization of hinges in fiber links are presented and experimentally verified. One can deal with fast hinges, but has low accuracy; the other has higher accuracy, but is slower.
Keywords
optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical links; reflectometry; fast hinges; fiber optic links; reflectometry; Fasteners; Measurement techniques; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Polarization mode dispersion; Statistics; Time measurement; Hinge model; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD); reflectometric measurement;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
1041-1135
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/LPT.2008.921845
Filename
4494583
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