Characterizing the Birefringence of Polarization-Maintaining Fiber using Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry
Short Summary
Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry (OFDR) is used to measure the group index difference and the refractive index difference (i.e. beat-length) between the fast and slow modes in polarization-maintaining (PM) optical fiber.
Abstract
Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry (OFDR) is used to measure the group index difference and the refractive index difference (i.e. beat-length) between the fast and slow modes in polarization-maintaining (PM) optical fiber.
Citation
Froggatt, M.E.; Gifford, D.K.; Kreger, Steven; Wolfe, Matthew S.; Soller, Brian J., "Characterizing the Birefringence of Polarization-Maintaining Fiber using Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry," Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on , vol., no., pp.1,3, 24-28 Sept. 2006
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