Title :
Cancellation of second-order PMD effects on first order DOP-based DGD monitors and measurement of the depolarization rate
Author :
Nezam, S. M R Motaghian ; McGeehan, J.E. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., South Carolina Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We show the theory behind the effects of second-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) on first order DOP-based DGD monitors and introduce two parameters that together cancel the errors introduced by second order PMD and allow exact DGD estimation.
Keywords :
delays; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical information processing; degree of polarization; depolarization rate; differential group delay; error cancellation; first order DOP-based DGD monitors; polarization mode dispersion; second-order PMD effects; Delay effects; Frequency dependence; High speed optical techniques; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7888-1
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2003.1251672
