Analysis of the polarization evolution in a ribbon cable using high-resolution coherent OFDR

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 145-147

  Wegmuller, M ^a,b   Legre M ^b   Oberson, P ^b   Guinnard, O ^b   Guinnard, L ^b   Vinegoni, C ^b   Gisin, N ^a,b  

^a IEEE   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Fiber metrology; Optical fiber ribbons; Optical reflectometry; Polarization mode coupling

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OFDR); POLARIZATION-MODE COUPLING;

BIREFRINGENCE; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFLECTOMETERS;

OPTICAL CABLES;

EID: 0035246599     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.910516     Document Type: Article

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