Influence of birefringence dispersion on distributed measurement of polarization coupling in birefringent fibers

Feng Tang; Xiangzhao Wang; Yimo Zhang; Wencai Jing

doi:10.1117/1.2756065

1 July 2007 Influence of birefringence dispersion on distributed measurement of polarization coupling in birefringent fibers

Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang, Yimo Zhang, Wencai Jing

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 46, Issue 7, 075006 (July 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2756065

Abstract

A white light interferometer is developed to measure the distributed polarization coupling in high-birefringence polarization-maintaining fibers (PMFs). Usually the birefringence dispersion between two orthogonal eigenmodes of PMFs is neglected in such systems. Theoretical analysis and experimental results show that the birefringence dispersion becomes a nonnegligible factor in a long-fiber test. Significant broadening of interferograms and loss of longitudinal coherence are observed. The spatial resolution and measurement sensitivity of the system decrease correspondingly. Optimum spectrum width selection is presented for better spatial resolution and measurement range.

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Feng Tang, Xiangzhao Wang, Yimo Zhang, and Wencai Jing "Influence of birefringence dispersion on distributed measurement of polarization coupling in birefringent fibers," Optical Engineering 46(7), 075006 (1 July 2007). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.2756065

Published: 1 July 2007

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