Title :
Bending induced PMD in spun erbium doped fiber
Author :
Gaarde, Peter Borg ; Geisler, Tommy ; Kristensen, Poul ; Pálsdóttir, Bera
Author_Institution :
OFS Filtel Denmark, Broendby, Denmark
Abstract :
We have measured the DGD induced by bending in both active and passive erbium doped fibers. We demonstrate, both theoretically and experimentally, non-trivial behaviour of PMD in spun erbium doped fiber (EDF) when coiled to small diameters.
Keywords :
bending; erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; DGD; PMD; bending; differential group delay; polarization mode dispersion; spun erbium doped fiber;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
