Polarization-Mode Dispersion Study of Circulating Loop
06 June 2003
Abstract: We measure the differential group delay of a circulating loop and show that its average value grows nearly linearly with the number of circulations. The loop is made to mimic a straight-line system by appropriate scrambling. Ó2000 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (060.2330) Fiber optics communications, (120.5410) Polarimetry