Higher Order Polarization-Mode Dispersion in the Presence of Polarization-Dependent Loss in Optical Fiber Systems

Author

Steinkamp, Ansgar ; Voges, Edgar

Author_Institution

High Frequency Inst., Dortmund Univ.

Volume

19

Issue

2

fYear

2007

Firstpage

124

Lastpage

126

Abstract

The statistics of first- and second-order polarization-mode dispersion and statistical dependencies between corresponding quantities are investigated with regard to fiber-optic links with polarization-dependent loss (PDL). We show the occurrence of an infinite depolarization rate of the principal states of polarization (PSPs) caused by an abrupt interchange of the two PSPs with a probability that grows with the global PDL. We finally discuss the influence of the frequency resolution of measurement and simulation methods on the depolarization results

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; depolarization rate; fiber-optic links; polarization-dependent loss; polarization-mode dispersion; principal states of polarization; Birefringence; Frequency; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Probability; Statistics; Optical fiber communication; polarization- dependent loss (PDL); polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.890090

Filename

4052392