Polarization Dependent Loss Emulator Built with Computer-driven Polarization Controllers and Single Mode Fibre

Yangzi Liu, Peter Shepherd, Duncan Allsopp

2015

Abstract

In this paper, a polarization dependent loss emulator is designed with computer-driven polarization controllers and single mode fibre. It proves that PDL obeys Maxwellian distribution when it is expressed in decibels. By positioning the polarization controllers at different places in the emulator link, it also proves that positions of PDL components have a significant effect on the statistics of PDL in a fixed length communication system. As the number of polarization components involved and the communication fibre length remain as constants, the longer the uninterrupted fibre is, the smaller the PDL mean value is produced.

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in Harvard Style

Liu Y., Shepherd P. and Allsopp D. (2015). Polarization Dependent Loss Emulator Built with Computer-driven Polarization Controllers and Single Mode Fibre . In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-116-8, pages 42-47. DOI: 10.5220/0005563700420047


in Bibtex Style

@conference{optics15,
author={Yangzi Liu and Peter Shepherd and Duncan Allsopp},
title={Polarization Dependent Loss Emulator Built with Computer-driven Polarization Controllers and Single Mode Fibre},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={42-47},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005563700420047},
isbn={978-989-758-116-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Optical Communication Systems - Volume 1: OPTICS, (ICETE 2015)
TI - Polarization Dependent Loss Emulator Built with Computer-driven Polarization Controllers and Single Mode Fibre
SN - 978-989-758-116-8
AU - Liu Y.
AU - Shepherd P.
AU - Allsopp D.
PY - 2015
SP - 42
EP - 47
DO - 10.5220/0005563700420047