Title :
The effects of XPM-induced fast polarization-state fluctuations on PMD compensated WDM systems
Author :
Pan, Z. ; Yu, Q. ; Arieli, Y. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, USA
Abstract :
We show numerically and experimentally the system degradation caused by cross-phase modulation-induced fast polarization fluctuations in wavelength-division-multiplexing systems that use polarization-mode dispersion compensation. A simple pump-probe model is used to investigate this effect and a technique is proposed to mitigate this problem. For a 10-Gb/s system with a 40-ps differential group delay compensator, the significant improvement is achieved over standard systems by using this technology.
Keywords :
compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 40 ps; PMD compensation; WDM systems; XPM; cross-phase modulation; differential group delay compensator; polarization state fluctuations; polarization-mode dispersion compensation; pump-probe model; Birefringence; Degradation; Delay; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fluctuations; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.831288
