Single-end polarization mode dispersion measurement using backreflected spectra through a linear polarizer

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1835-1842

  Galtarossa, Andrea ^a   Palmieri, Luca ^a   Schiano, Marco ^b   Tambosso, Tiziana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Ctro Studi Laboratori T   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFLECTOMETERS; SCANNING; SIGNAL DETECTION;

BACKREFLECTED SPECTRA; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; CONTINUOUS WAVE; DIFFERENTIAL GROUP DELAY; FIBER ENDS; LINEAR POLARIZER; POLARIZATION OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETER; SINGLE END POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION; SINGLE MODE STEP INDEX FIBERS; WAVELENGTH SCANNING METHOD;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 0033327213     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.793762     Document Type: Article

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