• DocumentCode
    1795671
  • Title

    Simple polarization-dependent loss measurement based on polarization scrambling

  • Author

    Koch, Barbara ; Noe, Reinhold ; Mirvoda, Vitali ; Sandel, David ; Panhwar, M.F.

  • Author_Institution
    EIM-E, Univ. Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-10 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    181
  • Lastpage
    183
  • Abstract
    Based on the uncorrelatedness of scrambled polarizations, we present a new polarization-dependent loss measurement method which does not depend on known test polarizations, input polarization or optical wavelength. It is compared against the extinction method.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; correlation properties; electrooptic polarization scrambler; optical fiber communication; polarization scrambling; polarization-dependent loss measurement; random polarizations; Accuracy; Electrooptical waveguides; Lithium niobate; Loss measurement; Manuals; Voltage measurement; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6888041