Principal states of polarization for an optical pulse in the presence of polarization-dependent loss and polarization mode dispersion

Ping Lu; Liang Chen; Xiaoyi Bao

doi:10.1117/12.406428

15 December 2000 Principal states of polarization for an optical pulse in the presence of polarization-dependent loss and polarization mode dispersion

Ping Lu, Liang Chen, Xiaoyi Bao

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Proceedings Volume 4087, Applications of Photonic Technology 4; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406428
Event: 2000 International Conference on Application of Photonic Technology (ICAPT 2000), 2000, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

A generalized defmition ofprincipal states ofpolarization (PSPs) for an optical pulse is given from this work for a fiber with both polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization dependence loss (PDL). As a result, the two PSPs of a pulse are generally non-orthogonal. The effective PDL of the pulse strongly depends on input pulse width. For a multi-section fiber, the effective PDL can be smaller than the minimum differences ofthe individual fiber section's PDL. The narrowest output pulse width can be smaller than the input pulse width in the presence of PDL.

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Ping Lu, Liang Chen, and Xiaoyi Bao "Principal states of polarization for an optical pulse in the presence of polarization-dependent loss and polarization mode dispersion", Proc. SPIE 4087, Applications of Photonic Technology 4, (15 December 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406428

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