Full polarimetric phase-noise-compensated optical-frequency-domain reflectometry for distributed measurement of high-PMD fibers

Opt Lett. 2010 Jan 1;35(1):25-7. doi: 10.1364/OL.35.000025.

Abstract

Full polarimetric reflectometry is realized with a spatial resolution of 10 cm over 20 km based on phase-noise-compensated optical-frequency-domain reflectometry, with a polarization-diversity-detection scheme. The distributed differential-group-delay measurement of high-polarization-mode-dispersion fibers is realized using this technology.