Statistical prediction and experimental verification of concatenations of fiber optic components with polarization dependent loss

Author

El Amari, A. ; Gisin, Nicolas ; Perny, Beat ; Zbinden, H. ; Zimmer, Christian W.

Author_Institution

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

Volume

16

Issue

3

fYear

1998

fDate

3/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

332

Lastpage

339

Abstract

Due to the statistical nature of the evolution of the polarization state in optical fibers and components, it is difficult to measure the global polarization dependent loss (PDL) of a series of concatenated components, each having a different PDL value. The global PDL of concatenated components with PDL cannot be obtained by a simple addition of the single PDL values, moreover, it requires a statistical description. In the present work the statistics of the PDL resulting from the concatenation of several components with PDL, connected by standard optical fibers or by elements having some polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is discussed. Simulations and experimental results supporting the existing theory are presented

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical fibre theory; optical loss measurement; statistical analysis; concatenations; fiber optic components; global polarization dependent loss; optical fiber components; optical fibre polarisation dependent loss measurement; polarization dependent loss; polarization mode dispersion; polarization state; statistical description; statistical nature; statistical prediction; Concatenated codes; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Page description languages; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.661358

Filename

661358