Measurement of depolarization and scaling associated with second-order polarization mode dispersion in optical fibers

Author

Nelson, L.E. ; Jopson, R.M. ; Kogelnik, H. ; Foschini, G.J.

Author_Institution

Crawford Hill Lab., AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

11

Issue

12

fYear

1999

Firstpage

1614

Lastpage

1616

Abstract

The Muller matrix method enables the low-noise, high-resolution measurement of second-order polarization-mode-dispersion (PMD) depolarization and related parameters required for systems modeling. We report experimental observations of second-order PMD statistical dependencies and scaling for fibers with mean differential group delay (DGD) ranging from 1.3 to 17.0 ps. Measurements of 10 different fibers confirm that the depolarization scales with the mean DGD while the polarization-dependent chromatic dispersion scales with the square of the mean DGD.

Keywords

delays; matrix algebra; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; Muller matrix method; depolarization; low-noise high-resolution measurement; mean differential group delay; optical fibers; polarization-dependent chromatic dispersion; scaling; second-order PMD statistical dependencies; second-order polarization mode dispersion; systems modeling; Chromatic dispersion; Delay; Frequency; Modeling; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Solids; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.806864

Filename

806864