Title :
Measure of spin period in randomly birefringent low-PMD fibers
Author :
Galtarossa, Andrea ; Palmieri, Luca ; Sarchi, Davide
Author_Institution :
Univ. di Padova, Italy
fDate :
4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present a polarization-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometer-based method for measuring the spin period in randomly birefringent long single-mode spun fibers. Several samples of ad hoc drawn fibers have been tested to measure the spin period and to control the quality of spin process. Experimental results are in excellent agreement with the nominal values.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; optical variables measurement; spatial variables measurement; ad hoc drawn fibers; polarization-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometer-based method; quality control; randomly birefringent long single-mode spun fibers; randomly birefringent low-PMD fibers; spin period measurement; spin process; Birefringence; Frequency; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Particle scattering; Performance analysis; Time domain analysis;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.824661
