Title :
Polarization-mode dispersion of installed recent vintage fiber as a parametric function of temperature
Author :
Brodsky, Misha ; Magill, Peter ; Frigo, Nicholas J.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs. Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We report the first polarization-mode dispersion measurement of installed 0.05-ps/km12/ fiber over 150-km span and 100-nm bandwidth. The apparent randomness of differential group delay (DGD) spectral components over time is removed when the DGD is considered as a function of temperature.
Keywords :
optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; 150 km; Mueller matrix method; buried fiber; differential group delay; installed cable; installed recent vintage fiber; long-term measurements; optical fiber communications; parametric temperature dependence; polarization-mode dispersion measurement; spectral components; Delay; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Polarization mode dispersion; Power measurement; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Temperature;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.820113
