Title :
PMD simulations and interferometric measurements
Author :
Pilinsky, Sonja Zentner ; Jurdana, Irena
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. Dept, Univ. of Rijeka, Rijeka
Abstract :
Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is one of the major limitations in high speed communication links. Thus, it is very important to measure PMD of fiber in high speed networks, specialy in the case when upgrading speed of the network with older fibers. In order to get better insight in PMD we developed simulation program for simulating PMD during linear and nonlinear propagation of pulses in the fiber. In the paper we give some simulation results, describe in detail interferometric measurement method for measuring PMD and give some measurement results. Measurements were made on Croatian Telecom links consisting of old fibers.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; light interferometry; nonlinear optics; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; Croatian Telecom link; PMD simulation; high speed communication link; interferometric measurement; nonlinear propagation; polarization mode dispersion; Birefringence; Couplings; Nonlinear equations; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Applied Electromagnetics and Communications, 2007. ICECom 2007. 19th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dubrovnik
Print_ISBN :
978-953-6037-50-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-953-6037-51-3
DOI :
10.1109/ICECOM.2007.4544479
