Title :
Theoretical analysis and measurement of effects of fibre twist on polarisation mode dispersion of optical fibres
Author :
Schuh, R.E. ; Sikora, E.S.R. ; Walker, N.G. ; Siddiqui, A.S. ; Gleeson, L.M. ; Bebbington, D.H.O.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., Colchester, UK
fDate :
9/28/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The authors present an analytical model of the polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) of uniform linearly birefringent fibres subject to elastic twist which shows there exists a particular twist rate which nulls the PMD. At high twist rates, the PMD is dominated by the dispersion of the twist-induced circular birefringence. Experimental results confirm the predictions
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; circular birefringence; elastic twist; fibre twist; linearly birefringent fibres; optical fibres; polarisation mode dispersion; twist rate;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19951208
