Contents:
Introduction to polarization mode dispersion in optical systems;
Modelling of polarization mode dispersion in optical communications systems;
Statistical properties of polarization mode dispersion;
Three Representations of Polarization Mode Dispersion;
The inverse PMD problem;
Numerical modeling of PMD;
Applications of importance sampling to polarization mode dispersion;
PMD & PDL;
Interaction of nonlinearity and polarization mode dispersion;
PMD measurement techniques and how to avoid the pitfalls;
PMD measurements on installed ?bers and polarization sensitive components;
Re?ectometric measurements of polarization properties in optical-?ber links;
PMD impact on optical systems: Single- and multichannel effects;
Polarization effects and performance of ?ber optic recirculating loops;
PMD compensation techniques;
Low-PMD spun ?bers;
PMD emulation.
2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.
ISBN-10: 0-387-23193-5
ISBN-13: 978-0387-23193-8
Introduction to polarization mode dispersion in optical systems;
Modelling of polarization mode dispersion in optical communications systems;
Statistical properties of polarization mode dispersion;
Three Representations of Polarization Mode Dispersion;
The inverse PMD problem;
Numerical modeling of PMD;
Applications of importance sampling to polarization mode dispersion;
PMD & PDL;
Interaction of nonlinearity and polarization mode dispersion;
PMD measurement techniques and how to avoid the pitfalls;
PMD measurements on installed ?bers and polarization sensitive components;
Re?ectometric measurements of polarization properties in optical-?ber links;
PMD impact on optical systems: Single- and multichannel effects;
Polarization effects and performance of ?ber optic recirculating loops;
PMD compensation techniques;
Low-PMD spun ?bers;
PMD emulation.
2005 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc.
ISBN-10: 0-387-23193-5
ISBN-13: 978-0387-23193-8