Simple optimization of the interferometric measurement of polarization-mode dispersion

Author

Lefèvre, H.C. ; Le Boudec, G. ; Taufnieb, E. ; Martin, P.

Author_Institution

Photonetics, Marly-le-Roi, France

fYear

1996

fDate

25 Feb.-1 March 1996

Firstpage

150

Lastpage

151

Abstract

Summary form only given. Several interferometric schemes that perform the cross-correlation of orthogonal polarization states and avoid the central autocorrelation peak have been proposed. We show here that this can be done more easily with the sole insertion of a Λ/4 plate into one arm of the interferometer. By removing the output polarizer: the output light is depolarized but keeps the same whole spectrum as the one of the input polarized light.

Keywords

light interferometry; optical correlation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optimisation; Λ/4 plate; central autocorrelation peak; cross-correlation; input polarized light; interferometric measurement; interferometric schemes; optical fibre dispersion measurement; optical polarisers; optimization; orthogonal polarization states; output light; output polarizer; polarization-mode dispersion; whole spectrum; Autocorrelation; Bandwidth; Birefringence; Europe; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96

Print_ISBN

1-55752-422-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1996.907719

Filename

907719