Theoretical analysis and primary experimental verification of reflectometric measurement of polarization mode dispersion in an optical fiber link with polarization-dependent loss

Abstract

DOI: 10.1049/ic:20070402 ISBN: 978-3-8007-3042-1 Location: Berlin, Germany Conference date: 16-20 Sept. 2007 Format: PDF We demonstrate theoretically and experimentally that the differential group delay and differential attenuation slope of an optical fiber with polarization-dependent loss can be explicitly obtained by reflectometric measurements in optical frequency and fiber length domains. (2 pages) Inspec keywords: polarisation; optical links; optical dispersion; reflectometry Subjects: Optical variables measurement; Optical fibre networks