• DocumentCode
    1955916
  • Title

    Temperature dependence of PMD in optical fibres and cables

  • Author

    Borzycki, Krzysztof

  • Author_Institution
    Nat. Inst. of Telecommun., Warsaw, Poland
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    3-7 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    441
  • Abstract
    Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is a major limitation to upgrade of existing optical fiber plant with higher capacity equipment. This paper presents results of experiments aimed at establishing dependence of PMD with temperature and aging, primarily for tight-buffered fibres used in indoor cables and certain optical ground wires (OPGW). Fibres in standard 0.9 mm tight buffers and cables with such fibres showed large increase of PMD at low temperatures. The OPGW has, however exhibited good stability of PMD during temperature cycling between -40°C and +85°C and accelerated aging at +85°C.
  • Keywords
    life testing; optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; -40 degC; 0.9 mm; 85 degC; OPGW; PMD; accelerated life test; optical fiber cable; optical ground wire; polarization mode dispersion; Aging; Land surface temperature; Optical buffering; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Temperature dependence; Wires;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Transparent Optical Networks, 2005, Proceedings of 2005 7th International Conference
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9236-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICTON.2005.1505839
  • Filename
    1505839