LOCAL BIREFRINGENCE MEASUREMENTS IN SINGLE-MODE FIBERS WITH COHERENT OPTICAL FREQUENCY-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY

Authors
HUTTNER B REECHT J GISIN N PASSY R VONDERWEID JP
Citation
B. Huttner et al., LOCAL BIREFRINGENCE MEASUREMENTS IN SINGLE-MODE FIBERS WITH COHERENT OPTICAL FREQUENCY-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY, IEEE photonics technology letters, 10(10), 1998, pp. 1458-1460
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
10
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1458 - 1460
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1998)10:10<1458:LBMISF>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Measurements of intrinsic and induced birefringence of optical fibers are performed at 1550 nm using the optical frequency-domain reflectome try technique. The experiment confirms the theoretical analysis, which predicts the appearance of oscillations on the detected Rayleigh back scattering intensity, with periods equal to the polarization beat leng th L-b and to L-b/2, Polarization mode-coupling length values are obta ined from local birefringence and polarization mode dispersion measure ments.