Assessment of system penalties induced by polarization mode dispersion in a 5 Gb/s optically amplified transoceanic link

Author

Bruybre, F. ; Audouin, O.

Author_Institution

Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France

Volume

6

Issue

3

fYear

1994

fDate

3/1/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

443

Lastpage

445

Abstract

The system penalties induced by polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in a 5 Gb/s optically amplified link are analyzed. A relation between differential group delays and system penalties is obtained from numerical simulations and used to derive analytic formulas for probability density functions of system penalties. Cumulated probabilities show that PMDs higher than 20 ps can induce significant fluctuations of the bit-error-rate (BER). Characterization of a 6200 km optically amplified link indicates that the relative contribution of PMD to these fluctuations is not significant when PMD is limited to 0.1 ps//spl radic/km.<>

Keywords

fluctuations; light polarisation; optical cables; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical links; submarine cables; 5 Gbit/s; 6200 km; analytic formulas; bit-error-rate; cumulated probabilities; differential group delays; fluctuations; numerical simulations; optically amplified transoceanic link; polarization mode dispersion; probability density functions; system penalties; Bit error rate; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fluctuations; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Polarization mode dispersion; Stimulated emission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.275513

Filename

275513