论文信息 - Measurement of the spatial distribution of birefringence in optical fibers

Measurement of the spatial distribution of birefringence in optical fibers

We describe a technique for the measurement of the birefringence spatial distribution in a single-mode optical fiber with a resolution of 1 m. This technique is based on a polarization optical time-domain reflectometer using a rotary linear polarizer. We report results performed on different types of fibers: standard step-index and dispersion shifted fibers.

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