• DocumentCode
    2302805
  • Title

    Polarization effects in optical fibers: measurement issues

  • Author

    Gisin, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Group of Appl. Phys., Geneva Univ., Switzerland
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    17-22 Mar 2002
  • Firstpage
    376
  • Lastpage
    377
  • Abstract
    We discuss fibre polarisation measurement methods which include photon counting, OTDR. Measurements are made of polarisation mode dispersion, differential group delay, and polarisation dependent loss.
  • Keywords
    delays; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical loss measurement; optical time-domain reflectometry; photon counting; OTDR; differential group delay; fibre polarisation measurement methods; optical fibre communication; photon counting; polarisation dependent loss; polarisation mode dispersion; Frequency; Instruments; Measurement techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Statistics; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-701-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2002.1036428
  • Filename
    1036428