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Polarization mode dispersion properties of constantly spun randomly birefringent fibers
Andrea Galtarossa1, Paola Griggio, Luca Palmieri
1Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Via Gradenigo 6/B, 35131 Padua (I), Italy.
Optics Letters
|September 19, 2003
Abstract:
We calculate the asymptotic first-order polarization mode dispersion statistics of constantly spun fibers. We show that in the long length regime the mean differential group delay of constantly spun fibers grows linearly with distance at the same rate as for unspun fibers. Conversely, the short length regime of constantly spun fibers may be much longer, even for limited spin rates.