Title :
Evaluation of Induced Form-Birefringence and PMD in Dispersion-Compensating Hole-Assisted Fibers
Author :
Varshney, S.K. ; Saitoh, Kunimasa ; Koshiba, Masanori
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Abstract :
The birefringence and polarization-mode dispersion characteristics of dispersion-compensating hole-assisted fibers are analyzed numerically. It is revealed that distortion in air-holes leads to high birefringence and also shifts the dispersion by ±2% to its optimum value.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; PMD; dispersion-compensating fibers; hole-assisted fibers; induced form-birefringence; optical fibre dispersion; polarization-mode dispersion; Birefringence; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical refraction; Optical scattering; Optical variables control; Polarization mode dispersion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528080
