Low-coherence interferometry for measuring polarization mode dispersion

Author

Amaral, Luís M N ; Pereira, D.A. ; Frazão, O. ; Marques, M.B. ; Lima, M.J.N. ; Teixeira, A.L.J.

fYear

2009

fDate

June 28 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

An interferometric setup for measuring Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD) setup was tested. Using a low-coherence technique with a Michelson interferometer, it was possible to measure values of PMD from detected Differential Group Delay (DGD) values in two reels. The low-coherence source bounds the minimum value of DGD detected to 0.13 ps, leading to a minimum value detected around 0.14 ps. The mean value of PMD measured over a period of several days for one reel was 0.0405plusmn0.0007 ps/km^1/2, and 0.0463plusmn0.0044 ps/km^1/2 for the other. Stochastic and random behavior of PMD was observed.

Keywords

Michelson interferometers; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; Michelson interferometer; differential group delay; low coherence interferometry; polarization mode dispersion measurement; Birefringence; Delay effects; Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical propagation; Polarization mode dispersion; Propagation delay; Telecommunications; Michelson interferometer; differential group delay; low-coherence interferometry; polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Azores

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4825-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4827-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185275

Filename

5185275