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Method for improving the resolution and accuracy against birefringence dispersion in distributed polarization cross-talk measurements |
Optics Letters, Vol. 37, Issue 14, pp. 2775-2777 (2012)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.37.002775
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Abstract
We present a novel method for improving the spatial resolution and amplitude accuracy of distributed polarization cross-talk measurements in a polarization maintaining (PM) fiber against its birefringence dispersion. We show that the broadening of measured polarization cross-talk peaks caused by birefringence dispersion can be restored by simply multiplying the measurement data with a compensation function. The birefringence dispersion variable in the function can be obtained by finding the widths of measured cross-talk envelopes at known distances along the fiber. We demonstrate that this method can effectively improve spatial resolution and amplitude accuracy of the space-resolved polarization cross-talk measurements of long PM fibers.
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OCIS Codes
(060.2300) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber measurements
(060.2310) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics
(060.2370) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics sensors
(060.2420) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fibers, polarization-maintaining
(060.2800) Fiber optics and optical communications : Gyroscopes
ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
History
Original Manuscript: April 2, 2012
Revised Manuscript: May 13, 2012
Manuscript Accepted: May 14, 2012
Published: June 29, 2012
Citation
Zhihong Li, Zhuo Meng, Xiaojun Chen, Tiegen Liu, and X. Steve Yao, "Method for improving the resolution and accuracy against birefringence dispersion in distributed polarization cross-talk measurements," Opt. Lett. 37, 2775-2777 (2012)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-37-14-2775
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