The role of birefringence correlation in spun fiber PMD properties

Konferenz: ECOC 2007 - 33rd European Conference and Exhibition of Optical Communication
16.09.2007- 20.09.2007 in Berlin, Germany

Tagungsband: ECOC 2007

Seiten: 2Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

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Autoren:
Galtarossa, Andrea; Palmieri, Luca; Schenato, Luca (Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Via G. Gradenigo 6/A, 35131 Padova, Italy)

Inhalt:
We show that the autocorrelation function of fiber birefringence may play a crucial role in the definition of spun fiber PMD properties, to the extend that for certain autocorrelation the spin may even increase PMD.