PMD measurements on single-mode optical fibre below the interferometer limit

Author

Ravet, F. ; Heens, B. ; Wang, X. ; Froidure, J.-C. ; Blondel, M.

Author_Institution

Multitel Telecom, Mons, Belgium

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

10-13 Nov 1997

Firstpage

119

Abstract

In this paper, we presented Polarisation Mode Dispersion (PMD) measurements of single-mode fibres obtained with a modified Michelson interferometer. We were able to characterise fibres with PMD values below the coherence time of the interferometer source. PMD measurements of birefringent and telecommunication fibres have been carried out. PMD values from 0.1 ps to 0.049 ps have been achieved with a RMS better than 0.011 ps and remaining within the calculated uncertainty. A comparison of this method with the Wavelength Scanning Fourier Transform (WSFT) is currently under investigation

Keywords

Michelson interferometers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; Michelson interferometer; PMD measurement; birefringent fibre; polarisation mode dispersion; single-mode optical fibre; telecommunication fibre; Birefringence; Manufacturing; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical pulses; Pulse measurements; Telecommunications; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1997. LEOS '97 10th Annual Meeting. Conference Proceedings., IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3895-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1997.645293

Filename

645293