Title :
Technique for characterisation of polarisation mode dispersion accumulation along optical fibres
Author :
Sunnerud, H. ; Olsson, B.-E. ; Andrekson, P.A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Optoelectron. & Electr. Meas., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
fDate :
2/19/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors describe a novel method for characterisation of the accumulated polarisation mode dispersion along optical fibres. The technique is based on measurement of differential group delay using wavelength tunable polarisation optical time domain reflectometry. The method requires access to only one end of the fibre and is applied here to characterise a 23.9 km fibre link
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical links; optical time-domain reflectometry; 23.9 km; differential group delay; fibre link; optical fibres; optical time domain reflectometry; polarisation mode dispersion accumulation; wavelength tunable polarisation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19980326
