Dispersion characterization of group birefringence in polarization-maintaining fiber using a Kerr phase-interrogator

Yang Lu; Chams Baker; Xiaoyi Bao

doi:10.1117/12.2185050

1 July 2015 Dispersion characterization of group birefringence in polarization-maintaining fiber using a Kerr phase-interrogator

Yang Lu, Chams Baker, Xiaoyi Bao

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Proceedings Volume 9655, Fifth Asia-Pacific Optical Sensors Conference; 96550Q (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2185050
Event: Fifth Asia Pacific Optical Sensors Conference, 2015, Jeju, Korea, Republic of

Abstract

We present a new approach to characterize dispersion of group birefringence in a long polarization-maintaining fiber (PMF). Two sinusoidal optical signals are respectively launched into fast and slow axes of a PMF under test. Wavelength dependent group-delay difference between two sinusoidal optical signals induced by group birefringence in the PMF is measured using a Kerr phase-interrogator, and dispersion of group birefringence is characterized from the group-delay difference. Measurements of wavelength dependent group birefringence and group birefringence dispersion for a 459.4-m Panda PMF are experimentally demonstrated.

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Yang Lu, Chams Baker, and Xiaoyi Bao "Dispersion characterization of group birefringence in polarization-maintaining fiber using a Kerr phase-interrogator", Proc. SPIE 9655, Fifth Asia-Pacific Optical Sensors Conference, 96550Q (1 July 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2185050

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