Title :
PMD measurement of dispersion compensation grating and its effect on system penalty estimation
Author :
Wang, D. ; Matthews, M. ; Brennan, J.
Author_Institution :
MMM, Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Both direction and magnitude of the PMD vector of dispersion compensation grating must be considered when estimating its system penalty. We propose high bandwidth measurements to obtain 1st order PMD in these devices.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical variables measurement; bandwidth measurements; dispersion compensation grating; polarization mode dispersion measurement; system penalty estimation; Dispersion; Gratings; Microcell networks; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Rotation measurement; Stokes parameters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248094
