Title :
Enhancement of spectral polarimetry for PMD measurement using transmitted signal spectra
Author :
Westbrook, P.S. ; Nelson, L.E. ; Wielandy, S. ; Fini, J.
Author_Institution :
OFS Labs., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
By controlling the launch polarization into a calibrated, fixed differential group delay (DGD) element followed by a spectral polarimeter, we enhance the spectral polarimeter´s ability to measure fiber DGD from signal spectra, thus enabling improved noninstrusive polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) monitoring.
Keywords :
infrared spectra; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical variables control; polarimetry; differential group delay measurement; polarisation mode dispersion monitoring; polarization control; spectral polarimetry; transmitted signal spectra;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
