| Longitudinal Strain Induced Birefringence in Highly Birefringent Fiber for Dynamic Compensation of Polarization Mode Dispersion |
| A.W. Domański, P. Lesiak and T.R. Woliński Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland |
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| The paper addresses a compensation method of polarization mode dispersion based on longitudinal strain applied to a highly birefringent fiber introduced as apart from optical fiber link. As an introduction a short overview of the polarization mode dispersion compensation methods known up-to-now is done. Dependence of polarization mode dispersion on longitudinal strain is discussed. Some results of experiment with birefringence changes due to longitudinal strain in the bow-tie highly birefringent fiber necessary for dynamic polarization mode dispersion are presented. |
| DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.103.221 PACS numbers: 42.81.Gs, 42.81.Pa, 42.25.Ja, 42.25.Dd |