title: Nonintrusive characterization of long-fiber-link birefringence.
abstract: We propose a technique for estimating the birefringence correlation length and beat length of a long fiber link based on the measurement of two parameters only, the mean differential group delay and the mean Faraday rotation of a fiber with a small magnetic field applied. The two parameters can be measured without the need of cutting the fiber.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica e dell'Informazione and Consorzio Nazionale Interuniversitario per le Scienze Fisiche della Materia, Università dell'Aquila, 67040 L'Aquila, Italy. cristian@ing.univaq.it
authors.forename: Cristian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Antonelli
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mecozzi
authors.forename: Misha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brodsky