Title :
PDL effects in PMD emulators made out with HiBi fibers: building PMD/PDL emulators
Author :
Dos Santos, A. Bessa ; von der Weid, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Center for Telecommun. Studies, Pontifical Catholic Univ. of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Abstract :
Nonnegligible polarization-dependent loss (PDL) arises when HiBi fiber-based polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) emulators are spooled in small diameters. PMD/PDL emulators with random fluctuating PDL can be made with loops along the polarization-maintaining fiber sections. Theoretical predictions for PDL statistics agree with the experimental results.
Keywords :
birefringence; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; HiBi fibers; PDL effects; PMD emulators; PMD/PDL emulators; optical communications; optical fiber measurements; optical fiber polarization; polarization-dependent loss; polarization-maintaining fiber sections; polarization-mode dispersion; random fluctuating PDL; Birefringence; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Page description languages; Performance evaluation; Statistics; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.821057
