• DocumentCode
    161673
  • Title

    Distributed birefringence measurements using polarisation correlation in phase-sensitive OTDR

  • Author

    Martins, Hugo ; Xin Lu ; Soto, Marcelo A. ; Gonzalez-Herraez, Miguel ; Thevenaz, Luc

  • Author_Institution
    INESC Porto, Porto, Portugal
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    21-25 Sept. 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A method based on phase-sensitive OTDR is proposed for distributed birefringence measurements along optical fibres. A high accuracy is experimentally demonstrated, enabling the characterisation of single-mode fibres with a minimum detectable birefringence of the order of 10-7.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; distributed birefringence measurements; minimum detectable birefringence; optical fibres; phase-sensitive OTDR; polarisation correlation; single-mode fibres; Correlation; Frequency measurement; Optical fibers; Optical variables measurement; Phase measurement; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Cannes
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964201
  • Filename
    6964201
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=161673