Title :
Polarization mode dispersion in optical fibers
Author :
Nelson, L.E. ; Jopson, R.M. ; Kogelnik, H.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A resurgence of interest in polarization mode dispersion (PMD) phenomena has accompanied proposals for commercial systems at 40 Gb/s and beyond. PMD is caused by optical birefringence. A signal propagating through a fiber with PMD experiences polarization-dependent group delay and pulse distortion, resulting in system penalties that depend on environmental changes including temperature and stress and thus vary with time and wavelength. PMD is commonly characterized by two specific orthogonal states of polarization called the principal states of polarization (PSP) and the differential group delay (DGD) between them
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; 40 Gbit/s; commercial systems; differential group delay; environmental changes; optical birefringence; optical fibers; polarization mode dispersion; polarization-dependent group delay; principal states of polarization; pulse distortion; signal propagation; specific orthogonal states of polarization; stress; system penalties; temperature; time; wavelength; Birefringence; Delay effects; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Polarization mode dispersion; Propagation delay; Proposals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 2000 Annual Meeting. LEOS 2000. 13th Annual Meeting. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Rio Grande
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5947-X
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2000.890752
