• DocumentCode
    851164
  • Title

    Polarization-mode dispersion measurement in a system with polarization-dependent loss or gain

  • Author

    Chen, Liang ; Chen, Ou ; Hadjifaradji, Saeed ; Bao, Xiaoyi

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Ottawa, Ont., Canada
  • Volume
    16
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    206
  • Lastpage
    208
  • Abstract
    A new generalized Poincare´ sphere method is proposed to measure the complex principal states of polarization vector for a system with polarization-dependent loss or gain. The spectral resolved measurements with our proposed test set agree with the well-known Jones eigenvalue analysis method.
  • Keywords
    Poincare mapping; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; vectors; Jones eigenvalue analysis; Stokes vectors; complex principal states; equation of motion; generalized Poincare sphere method; polarization vector; polarization-dependent gain; polarization-dependent loss; polarization-mode dispersion measurement; second-order equations; single-mode fibers; spectral resolved measurements; Delay; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Equations; Gain measurement; Helium; Loss measurement; Optical fiber polarization; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2003.819362
  • Filename
    1256000
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=851164