EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION IN SINGLE-MODE FIBERS

Authors
GISIN N PASSY R BISHOFF JC PERNY B
Citation
N. Gisin et al., EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE STATISTICAL PROPERTIES OF POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION IN SINGLE-MODE FIBERS, IEEE photonics technology letters, 5(7), 1993, pp. 819-821
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Optics,"Physics, Applied
Journal title
IEEE photonics technology letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
10411135
Volume
5
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
819 - 821
Database
ISI
SICI code
1041-1135(1993)5:7<819:EIOTSP>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Polarization mode dispersion of installed optical cables and of short concatenations of hi-bi fibers have been measured with polarimetric an d interferometric instruments. The results confirm the theoretical mod els, in particular the predicted relations between the two measurement s methods. The importance of a statistical treatment of polarization m ode dispersion is emphasized by the observed unstability of the princi pal states and the remarkable long term stability of their statistics and means.