Emulator of first- and second-order polarization-mode dispersion

Author

Wegmuller, M. ; Demma, S. ; Vinegoni, C. ; Gisin, N.

Author_Institution

Group of Appl. Phys., Geneva Univ., Switzerland

Volume

14

Issue

5

fYear

2002

fDate

5/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

630

Lastpage

632

Abstract

Contrary to approaches which try to mimic a standard fiber as closely as possible, the emulator presented here gives constant (but user adjustable) values for differential group delay (DGD) and ratio of first- to second-order polarization-mode dispersion (PMD). Once it is set, the ratio is conserved while the DGD can be easily varied within a range of 0-300 ps. This allows to investigate the low-probability events of large DGD and second-order PMD important for system outage.

Keywords

birefringence; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; probability; 0 to 300 ps; constant values; differential group delay; first-order polarization-mode dispersion; low-probability events; optical fibre communications; polarization-mode dispersion ratios; second-order polarization-mode dispersion; standard fiber; system outage; telecom systems; Birefringence; Bit rate; Chromatic dispersion; Delay; Fluctuations; Frequency dependence; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; System testing; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.998707

Filename

998707