The Polarization Properties of Installed Single-Mode Fiber Cables

C. S. Brown

doi:10.1117/12.949853

31 October 1985 The Polarization Properties of Installed Single-Mode Fiber Cables

C. S. Brown

Proceedings Volume 0568, Coherent Technology in Fiber Optic Systems I; (1985) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949853
Event: 29th Annual Technical Symposium, 1985, San Diego, United States

Abstract

An experimental study of the polarization properties of conventional low-birefringence nominally circular-core installed single mode fiber cables is reported. The results of the measurements indicate (1) The orthogonality of the two launched polarization components is preserved to within 2°, (2) the total power distributed between the two linear orthogonal components, when normalized with respect to the launched power, is effectively constant over time, and (3) given a linearly polarized input, the state of polarization varies over a time scale of minutes with time, but the degree of polarization exceeded 90% and remained stable for periods as long as 65 hours.

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C. S. Brown "The Polarization Properties of Installed Single-Mode Fiber Cables", Proc. SPIE 0568, Coherent Technology in Fiber Optic Systems I, (31 October 1985); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.949853

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