• DocumentCode
    1830413
  • Title

    Reflectometric measurement of the complete spin profile in randomly birefringent spun fibers

  • Author

    Galtarossa, Andrea ; Grosso, Daniele ; Palmieri, Luca ; Rizzo, Matteo

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Padova, Padova
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We report non-invasive OFDR based reflectometric measurements of the complete spin profile in short spun fiber samples. In addition, the spin homogeneity is also verified on longer distance by means of P-OTDR measurements.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; optical fibre polarisation; reflectometry; noninvasive OFDR; randomly birefringent spun fibers; reflectometric measurements; spin profile; Birefringence; Equations; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Polarization mode dispersion; Production; Rotation measurement; Spinning; (060.2270) Fiber characterization; (060.2300) Fiber measurements;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032866