Title :
First and second order PMD statistical properties of installed fiber
Author :
Harris, David L. ; Kondamuri, Pradeep K. ; Huang, Ray ; Pan, James ; Allen, Christopher
Author_Institution :
Sprint Corp. ATL, Burlingame, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present for the first time, long term statistical characteristics of second order PMD over installed fiber and investigate the correlation between first and second order PMD. We show that the wavelength-averaged SOPMD increases linearly with the wavelength-averaged DGD.
Keywords :
optical correlation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; statistical analysis; first order PMD; installed fiber; optical correlation; second order PMD; statistical properties; wavelength-averaged DGD; wavelength-averaged SOPMD; Bit rate; Delay estimation; Frequency measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Probability density function; Stress; Temperature distribution; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363123
