Modal birefringence and polarization mode dispersion in single-mode fibers with stress-induced anisotropy

Author

Shibata, Noh ; Okamoto, Katsunari ; Tateda, Mitsuhiro ; Seikai, Shigeyuki ; Sasaki, Yutaka

Author_Institution

NTT Public Corp., Tokai, Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

19

Issue

6

fYear

1983

fDate

6/1/1983 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1110

Lastpage

1115

Abstract

Modal birefringence at low loss and an approximately zero material dispersion wavelength of around 1.3 μm, and chromatic dispersion characteristics for polarization mode dispersion in the $0.9-1.3 \\mu$ m wavelength region are measured in single-mode fibers with stress-induced anisotropy. It is found from the measurements that the quantity concerned with the difference between the phase and group velocities equals approximately $-(8.5 \\pm 3)\\times 10^{-2}$ at the 1.290 μm wavelength in actual silica fibers. In addition, a stress-optical constant is evaluated from the measurements of linear birefringence caused by externally applied pressure, and it is $(3.30 \\pm 0.05) \\times 10^{-5}$ mm²/kg . W at the 1.290 μm wavelength.

Keywords

Optical fibers; Optical refraction; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Birefringence; Chromatic dispersion; Loss measurement; Optical fiber polarization; Phase measurement; Polarization mode dispersion; Stress measurement; Velocity measurement; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9197

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JQE.1983.1071985

Filename

1071985