Experimental investigations of the statistical properties of polarization mode dispersion in single mode fibers

Author

Gisin, N. ; Passy, R. ; Bishoff, J.C. ; Perny, B.

Author_Institution

Group of Appl. of Phys., Geneva Univ., Switzerland

Volume

5

Issue

7

fYear

1993

fDate

7/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

819

Lastpage

821

Abstract

Polarization mode dispersion of installed optical cables and of short concatenations of hi-bi fibers have been measured with polarimetric and interferometric instruments. The results confirm the theoretical models, in particular the predicted relations between the two measurement methods. The importance of a statistical treatment of polarization mode dispersion is underscored by the observed instability of the principal states and the remarkable long-term stability of their statistics.<>

Keywords

birefringence; light interferometry; optical dispersion; optical fibre testing; polarimetry; stability; statistical analysis; hi-bi fibers; high birefringence fibres; instability; installed optical cables; interferometric instruments; light polarisation; long-term stability; measurement methods; polarimetric measurements; polarization mode dispersion; principal states; short concatenations; single mode fibers; statistical properties; statistical treatment; Optical coupling; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Propagation delay; Stability; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.229818

Filename

229818