Suppression and compensation of the third-order dispersion effect on polarization modes in birefringent fibres

Authors
Xu, WC Chen, WC Luo, AP Cui, H Chen, YZ Liu, SH
Citation
Wc. Xu et al., Suppression and compensation of the third-order dispersion effect on polarization modes in birefringent fibres, CHIN PHYS L, 18(9), 2001, pp. 1222-1224
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
CHINESE PHYSICS LETTERS
ISSN journal
0256307X → ACNP
Volume
18
Issue
9
Year of publication
2001
Pages
1222 - 1224
Database
ISI
SICI code
0256-307X(200109)18:9<1222:SACOTT>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
The influence of the third-order dispersion (TOD) on the polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is investigated. It is found that the TOD effect destroys orthogonal polarization modes in optical birefringent fibres. A new method is proposed to compensate for the PMD by mean of cascading the fibres with the positive and negative TOD. This has proven to be practicable in long tr ansmissions.