Statistical determination of the length dependence of high-order polarization mode dispersion

Authors
Eyal, A Li, Y Marshall, WK Yariv, A Tur, M
Citation
A. Eyal et al., Statistical determination of the length dependence of high-order polarization mode dispersion, OPTICS LETT, 25(12), 2000, pp. 875-877
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Optics & Acoustics
Journal title
OPTICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
01469592 → ACNP
Volume
25
Issue
12
Year of publication
2000
Pages
875 - 877
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(20000615)25:12<875:SDOTLD>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
We describe a method of characterizing high-order polarization mode dispers ion (PMD). Using a new expansion to approximate the Jones matrix of a polar ization-dispersive medium, we study the length dependence of high-order PMD to the fourth order. A simple rule for the asymptotic behavior of PMD for short and long fibers is found. It is also shown that, in long fibers (simi lar to 1000 km), at 40 Gbits/s the third- and fourth-order PMD may become c omparable to the second-order PMD. (C) 2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: 060.0060, 060.2400, 060.4510.