• DocumentCode
    969404
  • Title

    Polarisation mode dispersion measurements in long single mode fibres

  • Author

    Mochizuki, K. ; Namihira, Yoshinori ; Wakabayashi, H.

  • Author_Institution
    KDD Research & Development Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan
  • Volume
    17
  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1981
  • Firstpage
    153
  • Lastpage
    154
  • Abstract
    A new method to measure polarisation mode dispersion is described, in which the accuracy is more than 0.1 ps. 0.17 ps polarisation mode dispersion was obtained for about 1 km length of fibre. The result is compared with the retardation obtained for a short length of the fibre.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical variables measurement; light polarisation; polarisation mode dispersion measurement; retardation; single mode optical fibres;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19810108
  • Filename
    4245571