Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 45, Issue 1, 106002(2018)

Experimental Research on Polarization Mode Dispersion Measurement Based on Empirical Mode Decomposition

Pan Pan1、*, Xi Lixia1, Zhang Xiaoguang1, Tang Xianfeng1, and Wan Dong1,2
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    Figures & Tables(7)
    Schematic of the experimental system for the measurement of the PMD by fixed analyzer method
    Schematic of PMD measurement signal R(λ)
    Flow chart of PMD measurement signal for EMD adaptive decomposition and filtering
    Comparison of two methods for noise removal. (a) Wiener filtering method; (b) EMD adaptive filtering method
    Curves of four fiber measurement results. (a) 6.3 km DCF; (b) 38.8 km DSF; (c) 50.4 km SMF; (d) 50 m PMF
    • Table 1. Standard deviations of the three measured results under different polarization states

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      Table 1. Standard deviations of the three measured results under different polarization states

      Fiber typeDCFDSFSMFPMF
      Fiber length /km6.3038.8050.400.05
      Standard deviation of the results of reference value /ps0.340.120.020.02
      Standard deviation of the results of EMD filtering /ps0.370.190.030.22
      Standard deviation of the results of Winner filtering /ps0.430.380.040.76
    • Table 2. Comparison of the results of the two filtering methods with the measured results of thecommercial instrument (reference value)

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      Table 2. Comparison of the results of the two filtering methods with the measured results of thecommercial instrument (reference value)

      Fiber typeDCFDSFSMFPMF
      Fiber length /km6.3038.8050.400.05
      Reference value /ps9.905.390.6357.46
      Average of the results of EMD filtering /ps9.8805.4300.63357.500
      Average of the results of Wiener filtering /ps9.8605.3000.66857.800
      Relative error of measurement result between EMD filtering and reference value /%0.200.740.480.07
      Relative error of measurement result between Wiener filtering and reference value /%0.401.676.030.59
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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber optics and optical communication

    Received: Jun. 15, 2017

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jan. 24, 2018

    The Author Email: Pan Pan (ppan@bupt.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL201845.0106002

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