Phase-sensitive OLCR technique applied to fiber group-velocity dispersion and birefringence measurements

2004 1st IEEE Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation and Measurement Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 62-66

  Obaton, Anne Françoise ^a   Jaouën, Yves ^b   Palavicini, Carlos ^b   Lepers, Catherine ^b,c  

^a LABORATOIRE NATIONAL DE MÉTROLOGIE ET D ESSAIS LNE   (France)

^b INSTITUT TELECOM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber measurements; Optical interferometry

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COHERENT LIGHT; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

BROADBAND SOURCE (BBS); OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE (OPD);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 23244457447     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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