PD IEC/TR 61292-5:2005

FOREWORD
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Acronyms and abbreviations
4 General information
  4.1 Principle states of polarization and mode coupling
  4.2 Differential group delay and polarization mode
      dispersion
5 Test method calculations
6 Measurement issues
  6.1 Source degree of polarization and amplified
      spontaneous emission
  6.2 The use of a broadband source
  6.3 Coherence interference effects and multiple
      path interferences
Annex A (informative) Applicability of various PMD test
                      methods to different applications
Bibliography

Applies to all commercially available optical amplifiers (OAs) including those using fibres (OFAs), semiconductors (SOAs), and waveguides (POWA), as classified in IEC 61292-3.

Applies to all commercially available optical amplifiers (OAs) including those using fibres (OFAs), semiconductors (SOAs), and waveguides (POWA), as classified in IEC 61292-3. This Technical Report presents general information about polarization mode dispersion (PMD), related to the application of the two commonly used methods to test PMD in OAs, the Jones matrix eigenanalysis (JME) and the Poincaré sphere analysis (PSA). This report is complementary to the International Standards describing the JME procedure (IEC 61290-11-1) and the PSA procedure (IEC 61290-11-2).