• DocumentCode
    2327385
  • Title

    Influence of the model of random birefringence on the PMD of periodically spun fibers

  • Author

    Pizzinat, A. ; Palmieri, L. ; Galtarossa, A. ; Marks, B. ; Menyuk, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Eng., Padova Univ., Italy
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    366
  • Abstract
    We show that the differential group delay of randomly birefringent periodically spun fibers, depends strongly on the model used for the birefringence. Overly simple models may overestimate the benefit of spin in reducing polarization mode dispersion.
  • Keywords
    Monte Carlo methods; birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; Monte-Carlo simulation; PMD; differential group delay; fixed modulus model; random modulus model; randomly birefringent periodically spun fibers; Birefringence; Blades; Educational institutions; Mathematical model; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optical retarders; Polarization mode dispersion; Sensor systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248268
  • Filename
    1248268