Title :
Statistics of the DGD in PMD emulators
Author :
Antonelli, Cristian ; Mecozzi, Antonio
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of L´´Aquila, Italy
Abstract :
We give the statistics of the differential group delay at the output of a polarization-mode dispersion emulator made of a chain of fiber sections with constant birefringence, fixed and arbitrarily selected lengths, and randomly oriented polarization controllers in between.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; DGD statistics; PMD emulators; birefringence; differential group delay; polarization controllers; polarization-mode dispersion emulator; Birefringence; Delay; Fourier transforms; Frequency measurement; Laboratories; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Polarization mode dispersion; Statistics;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.829771
