THEORETICAL-ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTS OF FIBER TWIST ON POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION OF OPTICAL FIBERS

Authors
SCHUH RE SIKORA ESR WALKER NG SIDDIQUI AS GLEESON LM BEBBINGTON DHO
Citation
Re. Schuh et al., THEORETICAL-ANALYSIS AND MEASUREMENT OF EFFECTS OF FIBER TWIST ON POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION OF OPTICAL FIBERS, Electronics Letters, 31(20), 1995, pp. 1772-1773
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
Journal title
Electronics Letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00135194
Volume
31
Issue
20
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1772 - 1773
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-5194(1995)31:20<1772:TAMOEO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
The authors present an analytical model of the polarisation mode dispe rsion (PMD) of uniform linearly birefringent fibres subject to elastic twist which shows there exists a particular twist rate which nulls th e PMD. At high twist rates, the PMD is dominated by the dispersion of the twist-induced circular birefringence. Experimental results confirm the predictions.