Time evolution of polarization mode dispersion in long terrestrial links

Author

De Angelis, Costantino ; Galtarossa, Andrea ; Gianello, Giovanni ; Matera, Franco ; Schiano, Marco

Author_Institution

DEI, Padova Univ., Italy

Volume

10

Issue

5

fYear

1992

fDate

5/1/1992 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

552

Lastpage

555

Abstract

Although polarization mode dispersion is well characterized in terms of principal states of polarization (PSP) and of their differential group delay (DGD), both analytically and experimentally, very few data have been published on their time evolution in terrestrial links, where temperature fluctuations are larger than in undersea links. The authors demonstrate strong correlation between temperature fluctuations and evolution of DGD and PSP. Correlation is even stronger in links which include connectors. Also, they report that DGD, as a random function of time, has a Maxwellian distribution and thus shows that it is an ergodic process

Keywords

light polarisation; optical cables; optical dispersion; optical links; DGD; Maxwellian distribution; PSP; connectors; differential group delay; ergodic process; long terrestrial links; optical cable; optical fibres; polarization mode dispersion; principal states of polarization; temperature fluctuations; time evolution; Connectors; Delay; Fluctuations; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber polarization; Performance evaluation; Polarization mode dispersion; Stokes parameters; Temperature; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.136087

Filename

136087