Title :
Measuring component DGD using polarized fixed frequency components and monitoring the DOP
Author :
Motaghian Nezam, S.M.R. ; McGeehan, J.E. ; Willner, Alan E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Southern California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We propose two techniques to measure the DGD of components by scrambling the fixed polarized optical frequency components and measuring the resulting minimum degree-of-polarization.
Keywords :
measurement by laser beam; monitoring; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; DGD component measurement; DOP monitoring; degree-of-polarization; differential-group-delay; polarized fixed frequency components; Frequency measurement; Manufacturing; Monitoring; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical polarization; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Holey Fibers and Photonic Crystals/Polarization Mode Dispersion/Photonics Time/Frequency Measurement and Control, 2003 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7982-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224319
