Table of Contents

 1     Scope          
 2     References
 3     Terms and definitions           
        3.1     Polarization mode dispersion (PMD)   
        3.2     Types of test methods              
 4     Abbreviations and acronyms             
 5 Conventions             
 6     Test methods           
        6.1     Test methods for polarization mode dispersion             
        6.2     Test methods for non-linear attributes              
Appendix I – Determination of PMD delay from an interferogram    
        I.1                   RMS calculation for TINTY            
        I.2                   RMS calculation for GINTY           
Appendix II – Non-linear attributes    
       II.1     Background     
       II.2     Effective area (A_eff)      
       II.3     Correction factor k       
       II.4     Non-linear coefficient (n₂/A_eff)               
       II.5     Stimulated Brillouin scattering
       II.6     Other effects 
Appendix III – Test methods for effective area (A_eff)    
      III.1     The far-field scan (FFS) technique        
      III.2     The variable aperture (VA) technique 
      III.3     The near-field scan (NFS) technique    
Appendix IV – Information on polarization mode dispersion statistics    
       IV.1     Introduction  
       IV.2     Data collection             
       IV.3     Calculation of PMD_Q (Monte Carlo)     
       IV.4     Calculation for DGD_max (Monte Carlo)
Bibliography