Measurement of the polarization coupling length in telecom fibers using nonlinear polarization rotation

Claudio Vinegoni; M. Wegmüller; Nicolas Gisin

doi:10.1109/ofc.2001.928461

Abstract

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The polarization coupling length, an important parameter of the PMD probability distribution, is obtained from measurements and modeling of the nonlinear polarization rotation in optical fibers. Results for different types of fibers are presented.

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