Influence of the Model of Random Birefringence on the PMD of Periodically Spun Fibers

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2003-03-23

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Pizzinat, A., L. Palmieri, A. Galtarossa, A. Pizzinat, B. Marks, C. Menyuk, and B. Marks. "Influence of the Model of Random Birefringence on the PMD of Periodically Spun Fibers". In Optical Fiber Communication Conference (2003), Paper WJ1, WJ1. Optica Publishing Group, 2003. https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=OFC-2003-WJ1.

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Sensors
Birefringence
Polarization maintaining fibers
Polarization mode dispersion
Numerical simulation
Optical fibers
UMBC Computational Photonics Laboratory

Abstract

We show that the differential group delay of randomly birefringent periodically spun fibers, depends strongly on the model used for the birefringence. Overly simple models may overestimate the benefit of spin in reducing polarization mode dispersion.