Title :
Location and measurement of high-PMD sections of installed-system fibre
Author :
Rogers, A.J. ; Shatalin, S.V.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford
Abstract :
This paper describes a new technique for the location and measurement of high- PMD sections of installed-system fibre. The technique uses the wavelength dependence of the backscattered signal to determine the spatial distribution of the PMD.
Keywords :
backscatter; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; backscattered signal; installed-system fibre; polarisation mode dispersion; Backscatter; Birefringence; Optical computing; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Optical retarders; Reflectometry; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics and Communications, 2007. ICECom 2007. 19th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubrovnik
Print_ISBN :
978-953-6037-50-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-953-6037-51-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICECOM.2007.4544477
