Characterization and monitoring of CD, PMD and PDL of transmission fibers and components

Characterization and monitoring of CD, PMD and&nbs

E. Brinkmeyer, H. Rosenfeldt, S. Kieckbusch,
Characterization and monitoring of CD, PMD and PDL of transmission fibers and components
SPIE Conference on Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for WDM Networking III, Philadelphia, PA, 25-28 October Proc. SPIE 5596(Invited talk), pp. 201-216 (2004)

Abstract: Polarization mode dispersion (PMD), polarization dependent loss (PDL) and chromatic dispersion (CD) of fiber optic components and fiber transmission links are key issues in fiber optical communication. Of interest are the respective static values as well as their variations in time which might be due to environmental changes or due to rerouting. Basic aspects will be briefly addressed, a variety of standard and state-of-the-art characterization and monitoring techniques will be reviewed and recent experimental results will be presented.

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