• DocumentCode
    3519667
  • Title

    Evaluation of Induced Form-Birefringence and PMD in Dispersion-Compensating Hole-Assisted Fibers

  • Author

    Varshney, S.K. ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Koshiba, Masanori

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    The birefringence and polarization-mode dispersion characteristics of dispersion-compensating hole-assisted fibers are analyzed numerically. It is revealed that distortion in air-holes leads to high birefringence and also shifts the dispersion by ±2% to its optimum value.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; PMD; dispersion-compensating fibers; hole-assisted fibers; induced form-birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; polarization-mode dispersion; Birefringence; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Polarization mode dispersion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528080
  • Filename
    4528080