Open AccessGeneralized frequency dependence of output Stokes parameters in an optical fiber system with PMD and PDL/PDG
Author(s) -
Hui Dong,
Perry Ping Shum,
Min Yan,
Ningqun Guo,
Yandong Gong,
Chentao Wu
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/opex.13.008875
Subject(s) - polarization mode dispersion , optics , stokes parameters , degree of polarization , physics , polarization (electrochemistry) , polarization rotator , optical fiber , polarization maintaining optical fiber , single mode optical fiber , dispersion (optics) , birefringence , fiber optic sensor , scattering , chemistry
Dependence of output optical power, Stokes vector and degree of polarization on optical frequency is presented for an optical fiber system with both polarization mode dispersion and polarization-dependent loss or gain. The newly formulated equations are generalized for input light with arbitrary degree of polarization. The spectral resolved measurements of polarization mode dispersion using partially polarized light agree well with our theory.