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Polarisation mode dispersion measurements in long single mode fibres |
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| Authors: | Mochizuki K. Namihira Y. Wakabayashi H. |
| Affiliation: | KDD Research & Development Laboratories, Tokyo, Japan; |
| Abstract: | A new method to measure polarisation mode dispersion is described, in which the accuracy is more than 0.1 ps. 0.17 ps polarisation mode dispersion was obtained for about 1 km length of fibre. The result is compared with the retardation obtained for a short length of the fibre. |
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