POLARIZATION DECORRELATION IN OPTICAL FIBERS WITH RANDOMLY VARYING BIREFRINGENCE

Authors
WAI PKA MENYUK CR
Citation
Pka. Wai et Cr. Menyuk, POLARIZATION DECORRELATION IN OPTICAL FIBERS WITH RANDOMLY VARYING BIREFRINGENCE, Optics letters, 19(19), 1994, pp. 1517-1519
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
19
Issue
19
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1517 - 1519
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1994)19:19<1517:PDIOFW>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Polarization decorrelation in single-mode fibers with randomly varying birefringence is studied. We find that decorrelation length is minimi zed for a given beat length if the average autocorrelation length of t he birefringence is close to the average beat length. The differential time delay between the polarization modes is found to depend on the a utocorrelation length of the birefringence rather than on the decorrel ation length of the polarization modes.