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     Test methods    
        5.1     Test methods for polarization mode dispersion        
        5.2     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