PMD SOURCE: A PROPOSAL FOR A REFERENCE STANDARD DEVELOPMENT

Alexandre Bessa dos Santos, Giovanna Borghi, Janaina Ferreira, Jean Pierre von der Weid

Abstract

This paper presents the development of a controllable PMD (Polarization Mode Dispersion) source based on piezoelectric actuators as the element responsible for the birefringence variation. This device will be able to reproduce the PMD quantity in a controlled way in order to use it as a reliable metrological reference.

Keywords

polarization mode dispersion, optical fiber metrology, measurement standards, PMD source

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TC2 - Photonics

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