Measurement of low differential group delay and fiber birefringence

Jabulani Dhliwayo; Aiyu Zhang; Rahim Nathoo

doi:10.1117/1.1580154

1 July 2003 Measurement of low differential group delay and fiber birefringence

Jabulani Dhliwayo, Aiyu Zhang, Rahim Nathoo

Optical Engineering, Vol. 42, Issue 7, (July 2003). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1580154

We describe the measurement of low differential group delay and fiber birefringence using a commercial polarization analyzer based on a free-space rotating quarter waveplate polarimeter. Stress-induced birefringence is isolated from the 60-cm fiber under test by placing it in a suitably designed fiber chuck. A referencing scheme is used to eliminate system birefringence. The suitability of this setup for the measurement of low polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is demonstrated. We also report results that demonstrate limitations of the recently proposed Jones matrix exponential expansion for first-order PMD measurement in devices with high second-order PMD.

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Jabulani Dhliwayo, Aiyu Zhang, and Rahim Nathoo "Measurement of low differential group delay and fiber birefringence," Optical Engineering 42(7), (1 July 2003). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.1580154

Published: 1 July 2003

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