Automatic PMD compensator in a 160-Gb/s OTDM transmission over deployed fiber using RZ-DPSK modulation format

Author

Kieckbusch, S. ; Ferber, S. ; Rosenfeldt, H. ; Ludwig, R. ; Boerner, C. ; Ehrhardt, A. ; Brinkmeyer, E. ; Weber, H.-G.

Author_Institution

Tech. Univ. Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, Germany

Volume

23

Issue

1

fYear

2005

Firstpage

165

Lastpage

171

Abstract

We report on a magneto- and electrooptically tuned dynamic polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) compensator that enabled error-free single-channel 160-Gb/s RZ-DPSK transmission over a 75-km SMF link with a mean differential group delay (DGD) of more than 30% of the bit period. Polarization scrambling and DOP measurements were utilized to automatically adapt the compensator. We present bit error rate (BER) measurements and describe the operation of the compensator in detail.

Keywords

compensation; differential phase shift keying; electro-optical modulation; error statistics; magneto-optical modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; phase modulation; time division multiple access; time division multiplexing; 160 Gbit/s; 75 km; DOP measurements; OTDM transmission; PMD compensator; RZ-DPSK; SMF link; automatic compensator; bit error rate measurements; differential group delay; electrooptically tuned compensator; error-free transmission; magnetooptically tuned compensator; modulation format; polarization scrambling; polarization-mode dispersion; single-channel transmission; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Delay; Equalizers; Modulation; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Polarization mode dispersion; Magnetooptical devices; optical transmission systems; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD); time-domain multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2004.840350

Filename

1377443