Title :
A Fixed Differential Group Delay but Varying Second-Order Polarization Mode Dispersion Emulator
Author :
Musara, Vitalis ; Wu, Lorinda ; Leitch, Andrew W R
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Univ., Port Elizabeth
Abstract :
We design a polarization mode dispersion (PMD) emulator with a fixed root-mean-square differential group delay (RMS-DGD) but varying second-order PMD (SOPMD) using only a combination of polarization maintaining fibres and a polarization controller. Besides controlling the mean PMD values of the emulator, simultaneous adjustments in the maximum and minimum values of PMD statistics can be performed. Therefore this novel design will achieve more realistic statistical distribution by exhibiting irregular fluctuations that occur around the RMS-DGD due to SOPMD.
Keywords :
delays; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; fixed differential group delay; fixed root-mean-square differential group delay; polarization mode dispersion emulator; second-order polarization mode dispersion emulator; Delay; Emulation; Fluctuations; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Statistical distributions; Statistics; Stochastic processes; birefringence; emulator; mode coupling; polarization mode dispersion;
Conference_Titel :
Broadband Communications, Information Technology & Biomedical Applications, 2008 Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Gauteng
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3281-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3453-4
DOI :
10.1109/BROADCOM.2008.23
