Abstract

Optical time-domain reflectometry for single-mode optical fibers has been theoretically discussed in terms of the Lorentz reciprocity principle and of a correlation function of the refractive-index fluctuation. Through an application of analysis to polarization-maintaining fibers, the properties of the polarization optical time-domain reflectometry have been made clear.

© 1983 Optical Society of America

Measurement of polarization mode coupling along a polarization-maintaining optical fiber using a backscattering technique

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