A method of distinguishing combined mode coupling regimes when polarisation mode dispersion is measured by the interference method

Author

Mackechnie, C.J. ; Ferretti, S.P. ; Barlow, A.J.

Author_Institution

PerkinElmer FibreOptics, Wokingham, UK

Volume

2

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

606

Abstract

This paper has suggested that the standard method of measuring PMD by interferometry is inadequate. In particular it fails to address the presence of both random and deterministic PMD in a fibre. Such a situation can lead to erroneous results. This paper has shown that one method of detecting this situation is by use of the FT properties of convolution

Keywords

Fourier transform optics; Gaussian distribution; convolution; light interferometry; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; Dirac delta function; Fourier transform analysis; Gaussian distribution; accurate measurement; combined mode coupling regimes; convolution; deterministic features; high birefringence fibre; optical interferometry; polarisation mode dispersion; random oriented birefringent plates; single mode fibre; stress generating centres; strong mode coupling regime; telecommunications optical fibre; Birefringence; Convolution; Delay; Fourier transforms; Frequency; Gaussian distribution; Measurement standards; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.968961

Filename

968961