Title :
Location of High PMD Sections of Installed System Fiber
Author :
Shatalin, S.V. ; Rogers, A.J.
Author_Institution :
Polarmetrix Ltd., Guildford
Abstract :
This paper describes two techniques for the location of high polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) sections of installed system fiber. The first technique uses the recovery of local linear birefringence by polarization backscatter reflectometry, whereas the second uses the wavelength dependence of the backscattered signal to determine the spatial distribution of the PMD
Keywords :
backscatter; birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; reflectometry; birefringence; installed system fiber; polarization backscatter reflectometry; polarization mode dispersion; spatial distribution; Backscatter; Birefringence; Optical computing; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical retarders; Polarization mode dispersion; Reflectometry; Time domain analysis; Wavelength measurement; Installed fibre systems; Rayleigh backscatter polarimetry; optical-fiber distributed measurement of PMD;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.883126
