High-accuracy distributed forward state-of-polarization reconstruction in optical fibers enabled by polarization-sensitive optical frequency domain reflectometry

Yidai Zhu; Xinyu Fan; Yangyang Wan; Zuyuan He

doi:10.3788/COL202523.091201

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 9, 091201(2025)

High-accuracy distributed forward state-of-polarization reconstruction in optical fibers enabled by polarization-sensitive optical frequency domain reflectometry

Yidai Zhu, Xinyu Fan^*, Yangyang Wan, and Zuyuan He

Author Affiliations

State Key Laboratory of Photonics and Communications, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

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Paper Information

Category: Instrumentation, Measurement, and Optical Sensing

Received: Feb. 28, 2025

Accepted: May. 9, 2025

Published Online: Aug. 21, 2025

The Author Email: Xinyu Fan (fan.xinyu@sjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.091201

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.091201

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