Measurement of the spatial distribution of birefringence in optical fibers

Authors
Wuilpart, M Megret, P Blondel, M Rogers, AJ Defosse, Y
Citation
M. Wuilpart et al., Measurement of the spatial distribution of birefringence in optical fibers, IEEE PHOTON, 13(8), 2001, pp. 836-838
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
IEEE PHOTONICS TECHNOLOGY LETTERS
ISSN journal
10411135 → ACNP
Volume
13
Issue
8
Year of publication
2001
Pages
836 - 838
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(200108)13:8<836:MOTSDO>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
In this letter, we describe a technique for the measurement of the birefrin gence spatial distribution in a single-mode optical fiber with a resolution of 1 m, This technique is based on a polarization optical time-domain refl ectometer using a rotary linear polarizer. We report results performed on d ifferent types of fibers: standard step-index and dispersion shifted fibers .