Polarization-mode dispersion of a circulating loop

    Authors

    T. I. Lakoba; C. Dorrer;D. N. Maywar

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    J. Opt. Soc. Am. B-Opt. Phys.

    Keywords

    OPTICAL-FIBERS; TRANSMISSION; Optics

    Abstract

    We derive an analytic expression for the evolution of the differential group delay (DGD) in a fiber-optic circulating loop. We distill a simple analytic solution for the average DGD and show that it accumulates approximately linearly with transmission distance. The scaling of this linear function is confirmed experimentally using a long-haul fiber-optic transmission test-bed. This result is contrasted with DGD accumulation in a long straight-line transmission system, where the average DGD accumulates as a square root of the system's length. (C) 2004 Optical Society of America.

    Journal Title

    Journal of the Optical Society of America B-Optical Physics

    Volume

    21

    Issue/Number

    2

    Publication Date

    1-1-2004

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    243

    Last Page

    248

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000188779000002

    ISSN

    0740-3224

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