Title :
Polarization-mode dispersion measurement in a system with polarization-dependent loss or gain
Author :
Chen, Liang ; Chen, Ou ; Hadjifaradji, Saeed ; Bao, Xiaoyi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Ottawa, Ont., Canada
Abstract :
A new generalized Poincare´ sphere method is proposed to measure the complex principal states of polarization vector for a system with polarization-dependent loss or gain. The spectral resolved measurements with our proposed test set agree with the well-known Jones eigenvalue analysis method.
Keywords :
Poincare mapping; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; vectors; Jones eigenvalue analysis; Stokes vectors; complex principal states; equation of motion; generalized Poincare sphere method; polarization vector; polarization-dependent gain; polarization-dependent loss; polarization-mode dispersion measurement; second-order equations; single-mode fibers; spectral resolved measurements; Delay; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Equations; Gain measurement; Helium; Loss measurement; Optical fiber polarization; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Testing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.819362
