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Article

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Applied Optics, Vol.49, no.10, 2010

Abstract

The temperature dependence of polarization-dependent loss (PDL) for a macrobending standard single-mode fiber (SMF28) is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The experimental results show an overall agreement with the proposed theoretical model over a temperature range from 0 C to 70 C. An SMF28-based edge filter is used as an example regarding temperature- dependent PDL performance. It is shown that the temperature variations have a significant influence on the polarization dependence of macrobending loss, and further impact on such a fiber bend loss edge filter used in a wavelength measurement application. It is also concluded that by using the proposed models, such a temperature-dependent birefringence can be beneficially predicted in bending fiber sensing applications.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.49.001744

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