Distributed characterization of bending effects on the birefringence of single-mode optical fibers.
The effects of bending on randomly birefringent, single-mode optical fibers have been analyzed by means of polarization-sensitive optical frequency domain reflectometry. This distributed, pointwise characterization has been performed on ad hoc drawn spun fibers and on a ribbon cable. Experimental results are in agreement with the theoretical predictions and confirm the effectiveness of reflectometry as a means to characterize polarization properties of optical fibers.
Palmieri
Luca
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Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Via G. Gradenigo 6/B, 35131 Padova, Italy. luca.palmieri@dei.unipd.it
Galtarossa
Andrea
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Geisler
Tommy
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