Title :
Statistical evaluation of polarization-dependent losses and polarization-mode dispersion in an installed fiber network
Author :
Richardson, C.J.K. ; Tseng, S.Y. ; Ereifej, H. ; Carter, G. ; Saylors, M. ; Moulton, N. ; Goldhar, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA
Abstract :
Summary from only given. We compare measured histograms of the installed fibers to simple simulations that indicate that the network under test does not conform with the results of these simple simulations.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; statistical analysis; installed fiber network; measured histograms; polarization-dependent losses; polarization-mode dispersion; statistical evaluation; Attenuation measurement; Electrons; Histograms; Matrix decomposition; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Polarization mode dispersion; Power measurement; Q measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2002. CLEO '02. Technical Digest. Summaries of Papers Presented at the
Conference_Location :
Long Beach, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-706-7
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2002.1034349
