Polarisation OTDR measurements and theoretical analysis on fibres with twist and their implications for estimation of PMD

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 387-388

  Schuh, R E ^a   Ellison, J G ^a   Siddiqui, A S ^a   Bebbington, D H O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Optical fibre polarisation; OTDR

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFLECTOMETERS; VECTORS;

BIREFRINGENCE EFFECT; DIFFERENTIAL GROUP DELAY; JONES MATRIX EIGENANALYSIS; OPTICAL FIBER POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; POLARIZATION OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY MEASUREMENTS; ROTATION REFLECTION MATRIX EQUATION;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 0030085508     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960237     Document Type: Article

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