Title :
Impairments Due to Polarization-Mode Dispersion in Chaos-Encrypted Communication Systems
Author :
Antonelli, Cristian ; Mecozzi, Antonio ; Santagiustina, Marco ; Ursini, Leonora
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of L´´Aquila, L´´Aquila, Italy
Abstract :
In this letter, we present a numerical investigation of impairments due to polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) in chaos-encrypted communication systems. We show that PMD could affect master-slave synchronization, hence degrading system performance at typical PMD values of deployed fiber plants. We also analyze the effectiveness of a first-order compensation.
Keywords :
chaotic communication; compensation; cryptography; optical chaos; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; synchronisation; PMD; chaos-encrypted communication; first-order compensation; impairments; master-slave synchronization; polarization-mode dispersion; Chaos; optical communications; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2009.2027419
