Single-end Measurement of Polarization Mode Dispersion in Optical Fibers with Polarization-dependent Loss
A new reflectometric technique is proposed to measure the polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in optical fiber links with polarization-dependent loss. Based on the PMD dynamical equation, some important relations can be obtained to make the backreflection measurement of PMD possible. Thus we can perform the single-end spectral resolved measurement of the differential group delay and the differential attenuation slope in both frequency and time domains simultaneously. In principle, this technique can be realized using continue-wave or pulsed probe lights and based on far-end Fresnel reflection or distributed Rayleigh backscattering. Some experimental results confirm the validity of the proposed method.
H. Dong P. Shum
Network Technology Research Centre, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
国际会议
Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2007(2007年电磁学研究新进展学术研讨会)(PIERS 2007)
北京
英文
178-182
2007-03-26（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）