• DocumentCode
    412202
  • Title

    Polarization-mode dispersion study of a circulating loop

  • Author

    Dorrer, C. ; Maywar, D.N. ; Lakoba, T.I.

  • Author_Institution
    Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    6-6 June 2003
  • Abstract
    We measure the differential group delay of a circulating loop and show that its average value grows nearly linearly with the number of circulations. The loop is made to mimic a straight-line system by appropriate scrambling.
  • Keywords
    delays; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; telecommunication transmission lines; circulating loop; differential group delay measurement; polarization-mode dispersion; Delay; Frequency; Laboratories; Lighting control; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Switches; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2003. CLEO '03. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-748-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1298353