Title :
Measurement of First- to Fourth-Order Polarization Mode Dispersion in Optical Fibers
Author :
Dong, Hongguang ; Shum, Ping ; Tang, M.
Author_Institution :
Lightwave Technol. Group, Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
A high-order polarization mode dispersion technique is proposed to perform the first- to fourth-order PMD measurement. It is experimentally demonstrated to be far more accurate in high-order PMD measurement than the conventional Mueller matrix method.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; Mueller matrix; first-order polarization mode dispersion; high-order polarization mode dispersion; optical fibers; second-order polarization mode dispersion; Frequency; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical wavelength conversion; Page description languages; Performance evaluation; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength measurement;
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.2008.4528158
