DocumentCode
1093839
Title
Polarisation guiding in ultralong distance soliton transmission
Author
Widdowson, T. ; Lord, Andrew ; Malyon, D.J.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich
Volume
30
Issue
11
fYear
1994
fDate
5/26/1994 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
879
Lastpage
880
Abstract
Signal polarisation rotation due to polarisation dependent loss has been observed for the first time in an optical communications transmission system. In particular its effect as a limiting factor in solitonic polarisation multiplexed systems is discussed. An analytic expression for the degree of rotation is presented and experimentally verified. Additionally, 5 Gbit/s solitons have been transmitted a distance of 11000 km without transmission control
Keywords
light polarisation; light transmission; multiplexing; optical communication; optical fibres; optical losses; optical rotation; optical solitons; 11000 km; 5 Gbit/s; optical communications transmission system; optical fibre; polarisation dependent loss; polarisation division multiplexing; polarisation guiding; signal polarisation rotation; ultralong distance soliton transmission;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19940618
Filename
287460
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