Title

Polarization-Mode Dispersion Of A Circulating Loop

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. © 2004 Optical Society of America.

Publication Date

1-1-2004

Publication Title

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volume

21

Issue

2

Number of Pages

243-248

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.21.000243

Socpus ID

1342265421 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/1342265421

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