Title :
Measurement of polarization mode dispersion vectors in optical fibers using modified Mueller matrix method
Author :
Dong, Hui ; Shum, Ping ; Zhou, Junqiang
Author_Institution :
Network Technol. Res. Centre, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore
Abstract :
A modified Mueller matrix method is proposed to measure the first- and second-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) vectors in optical fibers. It does not require any knowledge of two input polarization states in measurement.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; polarisation; vectors; first-order polarization mode dispersion vector; modified Mueller matrix method; optical fiber dispersion; second-order polarization mode dispersion vectors; Australia; Frequency measurement; Interleaved codes; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519245