Abstract
Effects of random mode coupling are experimentally characterized on polarization mode dispersion and on system penalty. The virtual optical fiber links are proposed and constructed by the use of highly birefringent ( B = 6.0 × 10 -4) polarization-maintaining fiber to stabilize the state of polarization during propagation and by the introduction of three different numbers of fusion splices (0, 10, and 99 splices) to simulate stable mode coupling. Measurements are conducted on polarization mode dispersion and transmission experiments at 2.5 Gbit/s for the constructed fiber links to see the effects of random mode coupling on polarization mode dispersion and on power penalty. It is confirmed that polarization mode dispersion and system penalty vary inversely with k and inversely with k, respectively, where parameter k characterizes how many times the number of coupling points is increased. The constructed fiber links, which realize stable polarization mode dispersion with random mode coupling, enable this characterization to be successfully conducted.
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