Title :
Polarisation optical time domain reflectometry for statistical evaluation of polarisation mode dispersion
Author :
Vengsarkar, A.M. ; Cohen, L.G.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
fDate :
5/13/1993 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors shows that a commercial optical time domain reflectometer can be modified to measure the statistical nature of polarisation mode dispersion along the length of a communications grade fibre with short-length PMDs<4 ps/km.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; statistical analysis; communications grade fibre; light polarisation; optical time domain reflectometry; polarisation mode dispersion; statistical evaluation;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19930567
