Polarization Sensing Using Polarization Rotation Matrix Eigenvalue Method
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Yaman, Fatih; Li, Yang; Han, Shaobo; Inoue, Takanori; Mateo, Eduardo; Inada, Yoshihisa
- Source
- 2023 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC) Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2023. :1-3 Mar, 2023
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Photonics and Electrooptics
Location awareness
Optical variables measurement
Optical fiber communication
Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions
Sensors
Rotation measurement
Monitoring
- Language
Polarization-based, multi-span sensing over a link with reflection-back circuits is demonstrated experimentally. By measuring rotation matrices instead of just monitoring polarization, a 35 dB extinction in localization is achieved regardless of the disturbance magnitude.