Novel PMD measurement method based on OFDR using a frequency-shifted feedback fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 207-211

  Yoshida, M ^a   Miyamoto, T ^a   Zou, Nianyu ^a   Nakamura, K ^a   Ito, H ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTICS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFLECTOMETERS;

FIBER CHARACTERIZATION; FIBER MEASUREMENTS; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PDM);

FIBER LASERS;

EID: 0001756401     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.9.000207     Document Type: Article

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