• DocumentCode
    449231
  • Title

    Bending induced PMD in spun erbium doped fiber

  • Author

    Gaarde, Peter Borg ; Geisler, Tommy ; Kristensen, Poul ; Pálsdóttir, Bera

  • Author_Institution
    OFS Filtel Denmark, Broendby, Denmark
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    657
  • Abstract
    We have measured the DGD induced by bending in both active and passive erbium doped fibers. We demonstrate, both theoretically and experimentally, non-trivial behaviour of PMD in spun erbium doped fiber (EDF) when coiled to small diameters.
  • Keywords
    bending; erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre testing; DGD; PMD; bending; differential group delay; polarization mode dispersion; spun erbium doped fiber;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    IET
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-543-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1576445