• DocumentCode
    1935732
  • Title

    A programmable second-order PMD emulator and precision PMD measurement system based on a variable Faraday rotator

  • Author

    Mimura, Y.

  • Author_Institution
    Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Ichihara, Japan
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    14-16 July 2003
  • Abstract
    We have proposed a programmable PMD Emulator and its measurement system based on a variable Faraday rotator. This emulator can generate two components of SOPMD, which measured by developed measurement system agree with the simulation.
  • Keywords
    Faraday effect; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; polarization mode dispersion; precision PMD measurement system; programmable second-order PMD emulator; variable Faraday rotator; Birefringence; Degradation; Electric variables measurement; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Laboratories; Photonics; Polarization mode dispersion; Rotation measurement; Telephony;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Holey Fibers and Photonic Crystals/Polarization Mode Dispersion/Photonics Time/Frequency Measurement and Control, 2003 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
  • Conference_Location
    Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7982-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224310
  • Filename
    1224310