Mitigation of Polarization-Induced Fading in Optical Vector Network Analyzer for the Characterization of km-scale Space-Division Multiplexing Fibers
Konferenz: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
22.09.2024-26.09.2024 in Frankfurt, Germany
Tagungsband: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024
Seiten: 4Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF
Autoren:
Kalla, Besma; Cappelletti, Martina; van den Hout, Menno; van Vliet, Vincent; Rommel, Simon; Palmieri, Luca; Bradley, Thomas; Okonkwo, Chigo
Inhalt:
We propose an optimized optical vector network analyzer with automatic polarization control to stabilize the reference arm polarization throughout the sweep range. We demonstrate this technique, successfully removing the polarization-induced fading and measurement distortions in insertion loss by characterizing a 10 km multi-core fiber.