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

Volume

14

Issue

12

fYear

2002

Firstpage

1716

Lastpage

1718

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;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2002.804653

Filename

1058262