Title :
Polarisation mode dispersion measurements in long single mode fibres
Author :
Mochizuki, K. ; Namihira, Yoshinori ; Wakabayashi, H.
Author_Institution :
KDD Research & Development Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A new method to measure polarisation mode dispersion is described, in which the accuracy is more than 0.1 ps. 0.17 ps polarisation mode dispersion was obtained for about 1 km length of fibre. The result is compared with the retardation obtained for a short length of the fibre.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical variables measurement; light polarisation; polarisation mode dispersion measurement; retardation; single mode optical fibres;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810108
