Title :
Polarization mode dispersion and polarization dependent loss for a pulse in single-mode fibers
Author :
Lu, Ping ; Chen, Liang ; Bao, Xiaoyi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Ottawa Univ., Ont., Canada
fDate :
6/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization dependent loss (PDL) for a pulse in optical fibers are calculated with a model of two concatenated fibers. Each of the two fibers has both elliptical birefringence and PDL. The results show that the PMD and PDL for a short pulse can be very different from those for a narrow-band pulse in optical fibers. Two anomalous results are reported: (1) the effective PDL for a pulse can be smaller than the PDL difference of the two fibers and (2) the effective PMD for a pulse can be either larger than the sum of the differential group delays (DGDs) of the two fibers or less than the DGD difference of the two fibers, depending on the input pulsewidth. The pulse distortions when the pulses are launched into the two principal states of polarization (PSPs) are discussed
Keywords :
birefringence; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; concatenated fibers; differential group delays; elliptical birefringence; narrow-band pulse; optical fibers; polarization dependent loss; polarization mode dispersion; principal states of polarization; pulse distortions; short pulse; single-mode fibers; Birefringence; Concatenated codes; Narrowband; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Optical pulses; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
