Wavelength scanning technique for birefringence and polarization mode dispersion measurement in optical fibers

Mikhail G. Shlyagin; Anatolii V. Khomenko; Diana Tentori-Santa-Cruz

doi:10.1117/12.190934

21 October 1994 Wavelength scanning technique for birefringence and polarization mode dispersion measurement in optical fibers

Mikhail G. Shlyagin, Anatolii V. Khomenko, Diana Tentori-Santa-Cruz

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Proceedings Volume 2287, Properties and Characteristics of Optical Glass III; (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.190934
Event: SPIE's 1994 International Symposium on Optics, Imaging, and Instrumentation, 1994, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes a method for measuring modal birefringence in optical fibers. It combines an interferometric technique with wavelength scanning and allows a high precision, nondestructive measurement of the birefringence along different sections of a long optical fiber. The experimental results for hi-bi fibers, 10-meters and 100-meters long, are presented. An accuracy of about 0.1% is achieved in the spectral range of 600 - 850 nm.

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Mikhail G. Shlyagin, Anatolii V. Khomenko, and Diana Tentori-Santa-Cruz "Wavelength scanning technique for birefringence and polarization mode dispersion measurement in optical fibers", Proc. SPIE 2287, Properties and Characteristics of Optical Glass III, (21 October 1994); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.190934

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