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

被引:40
作者
SCHUH, RE [1 ]
SIKORA, ESR [1 ]
WALKER, NG [1 ]
SIDDIQUI, AS [1 ]
GLEESON, LM [1 ]
BEBBINGTON, DHO [1 ]
机构
[1] BT LABS,IPSWICH IP5 7RE,SUFFOLK,ENGLAND
关键词
OPTICAL FIBER POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION;
D O I
10.1049/el:19951208
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The authors present an analytical model of the polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) of uniform linearly birefringent fibres subject to elastic twist which shows there exists a particular twist rate which nulls the PMD. At high twist rates, the PMD is dominated by the dispersion of the twist-induced circular birefringence. Experimental results confirm the predictions.
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页码:1772 / 1773
页数:2
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