SINGLE-CHANNEL POLARIMETRIC OTDR FOR MEASUREMENT OF BACKSCATTERED SOPEVOLUTION ALONG A FIBER WITH TWIST

Citation
Re. Schuh et As. Siddiqui, SINGLE-CHANNEL POLARIMETRIC OTDR FOR MEASUREMENT OF BACKSCATTERED SOPEVOLUTION ALONG A FIBER WITH TWIST, Electronics Letters, 33(25), 1997, pp. 2153-2154
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
33
Issue
25
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2153 - 2154
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1997)33:25<2153:SPOFMO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The authors show how the state of polarisation (SOP) evolution along a n optical fibre can be measured non-destructively by using a commercia l OTDR modified to act as a single channel polarimetric OTDR (POTDR). From the SOP evolution, the linear birefringence and twist can be calc ulated along the fibre, thus identifying fibre sections with relativel y high and low polarisation mode dispersion (PMD).