Abstract

We propose a technique for estimating the birefringence correlation length and beat length of a long fiber link based on the measurement of two parameters only, the mean differential group delay and the mean Faraday rotation of a fiber with a small magnetic field applied. The two paramemters can be measured without the need of cutting the fiber.

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Effect of fiber-spinning profile on plug-and-play quantum-key distribution systems

Antonio Mecozzi, Cristian Antonelli, and Misha Brodsky
Opt. Lett. 33(10) 1096-1098 (2008)

Polarization mode dispersion properties of constantly spun randomly birefringent fibers

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Theory of the effect of geomagnetic field on plug-and-play schemes for fiber-based quantum key distribution systems

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Theory of polarization mode dispersion with linear birefringence

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Polarization mode dispersion of spun fibers with randomly varying birefringence

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