Table of Contents
1Scope
2References
3Termsanddefinitions
3.1polarizationmodedispersion(PMD)
3.2Typesoftestmethods
4Abbreviationsandacronyms
5Testmethods
5.1Testmethodsforpolarizationmodedispersion
5.2Testmethodsfornon-linearattributes
AppendixI-DeterminationofPMDdelayfromaninterferogram
I.1RMScalculationforTINTY
I.2RMScalculationforGINTY
AppendixII-Non-linearattributes
II.1Background
II.2Effectivearea(A[eff])
II.3Correctionfactork
II.4Non-linearcoefficient(n[2]/A[eff])
II.5StimulatedBrillouinscattering
II.6Othereffects
AppendixIII-Testmethodsforeffectivearea(A[eff])
III.1Thefar-fieldscan(FFS)technique
III.2Thevariableaperture(VA)technique
III.3Thenear-fieldscan(NFS)technique
AppendixIV-Informationonpolarizationmodedispersion
statistics
IV.1Introduction
IV.2Datacollection
IV.3CalculationofPMD[Q](MonteCarlo)
IV.4CalculationforDGD[max](MonteCarlo)
Bibliography Abstract
Describes definitions of the statistical and non-linear parameters of single-mode fibre and cable.