First-order PMD compensation in nonlinearly dispersive optical communication systems via transmission over the principal states of polarization

Author

Midrio, Michele

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica e Inf., Padova Univ., Italy

Volume

17

Issue

12

fYear

1999

fDate

12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2512

Lastpage

2515

Abstract

Soliton propagation in the presence of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is studied with an analytical approach. It is shown that there exist two peculiar initial states of polarization that may prevent the soliton to undergo shape distortions. These states coincide with the states that, in the absence of chromatic dispersion and nonlinearity, are usually referred to as principal states of polarization. This fact is used to show that it is possible to improve the performance of an optical transmission system operating in the presence of chromatic dispersion, PMD and Kerr nonlinearity by coupling the input pulses to one of the principal states of polarization

Keywords

compensation; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; optical solitons; Kerr nonlinearity; PMD; analytical approach; chromatic dispersion; first-order PMD compensation; initial states of polarization; input pulse coupling; nonlinearity; nonlinearly dispersive optical communication systems; optical transmission system; polarization mode dispersion; principal states of polarization; shape distortions; soliton propagation; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical pulses; Optical solitons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.809670

Filename

809670