Title :
Polarization mode dispersion mapping in optical fibers with a polarization-OTDR
Author :
Wuilpart, Marc ; Ravet, Gautier ; Mégret, Patrice ; Blondel, Michel
Author_Institution :
Service d´´Electromagnetisme et de Telecommun., Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium
Abstract :
We describe a technique for the measurement of the polarization mode dispersion distribution along an optical fiber link based on a polarization optical time-domain reflectometer technique setup. This technique does not require the complete measurement of the polarization state of the backscattered signal. We report results performed on different types of fibers: standard step index, dispersion shifted, and dispersion compensating fibers.
Keywords :
compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; backscattered signal; dispersion compensating fibers; dispersion distribution; dispersion shifted fibre; optical fiber link; optical fibers; polarization mode dispersion mapping; polarization optical time-domain reflectometer; polarization-OTDR; standard step index fibre; Birefringence; High speed optical techniques; Length measurement; Optical coupling; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Time domain analysis;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2002.804653
