Title :
PMD Measurement with a Polarization-OTDR
Author :
Wuilpart, Marc ; Ravet, Gautier ; Mégret, Patrice ; Blondel, Michel
Author_Institution :
Electromagnetisme et de Telecommun., Fac. Polytech. de Mons
Abstract :
We describe a technique for the measurement of the PMD of an optical fibre based on a polarization-OTDR. This technique does not require the complete measurement of the polarization state of the backscattered signal
Keywords :
compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; PMD measurement; backscattered signal; optical fibre; optical time domain reflectometry; polarization mode dispersion; polarization state; polarization-OTDR;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
