Mean-square magnitude of all orders of polarization mode dispersion and the relation with the bandwidth of the principal states

Author

Shtaif, Mark ; Mecozzi, Antonio ; Nagel, J.A.

Author_Institution

AT&T Labs. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

12

Issue

1

fYear

2000

Firstpage

53

Lastpage

55

Abstract

Using the retarded plate model, we derive the correlations and the mean-square values of all orders of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) as well as the autocorrelation function of the PMD vector. Our results provide the signal bandwidth below which the first-order approximation of the principal states of polarization is valid. We show that this bandwidth depends only on the mean value of the differential group delay. Our theoretical results are supported by simulations and experiments.

Keywords

optical correlation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; PMD vector; autocorrelation function; differential group delay; first-order approximation; mean-square magnitude; mean-square value; polarization mode dispersion; principal state bandwidth; principal states of polarization; retarded plate model; signal bandwidth; Autocorrelation; Bandwidth; Birefringence; Delay effects; Frequency; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.817491

Filename

817491