Interferometric polarization mode dispersion measurements with femtosecond sensitivity

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1852-1857

  Oberson, P ^a   Julliard, Karin ^a,c   Gisin, Nicolas ^a   Passy, Rogiero ^b   Von Der Weid, J P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber measurements; Optical fiber polarization

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORMS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL CORRELATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL FIBER POLARIZATION;

OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT;

EID: 0031259004     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.633573     Document Type: Article

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