Title :
Temperature dependence of wavelength-averaged DGD on different buried fibers
Author :
Harris, David L. ; Kondamuri, Pradeep K. ; Pan, James ; Allen, Christopher
Author_Institution :
Sprint Corp. ATL, Burlingame, CA, USA
Abstract :
From our PMD measurements on three buried standard single-mode fibers, we observed strong correlation between wavelength-averaged DGD and ambient temperature without any time lag between them. However, the nature of correlation was different on the three fibers.
Keywords :
optical correlation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; thermo-optical effects; PMD measurements; ambient temperature; buried fibers; differential group delay temperature dependence; optical correlation; polarization mode dispersion; standard single-mode fibers; wavelength-averaged DGD; Bit rate; Fluctuations; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Rotation measurement; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Time measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8557-8
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363122
