Single-End Spectral Resolved Measurement of Polarization Mode Dispersion in Optical Fibers

Author

Dong, H. ; Shum, P. ; Zhou, J.Q. ; Gong, Y.D.

Author_Institution

Hanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

fYear

2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

An improved single-end backreflection technique is proposed to perform the spectral resolved measurement of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in optical fibers. This technique is based on the PMD dynamical equation, which is realized by measuring the reflected polarization state evolution in both frequency and time domains. An experimental setup, employing continuous-wave and far-end Fresnel reflection, is constructed. The agreement between the results of single-end and forward measurements is very good.

Keywords

light reflection; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical variables measurement; PMD dynamical equation; continuous-wave reflection; far-end Fresnel reflection; optical fibers; polarization mode dispersion; single-end backreflection technique; single-end spectral resolved measurement; Backscatter; Equations; Fresnel reflection; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Performance evaluation; Polarization mode dispersion; Q measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on

Conference_Location

Anaheim, CA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-831-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2007.4348312

Filename

4348312