• 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