Higher order polarization mode dispersion compensation using a fixed time delay followed by a variable time delay

Author

Yu, Q. ; Yan, L.-S. ; Xie, Y. ; Hauer, M. ; Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

13

Issue

8

fYear

2001

Firstpage

863

Lastpage

865

Abstract

We propose and analyze a higher order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensator using a fixed differential group delay (DGD) section followed by a variable section. The performance limits of various PMD compensators are quantified and compared using dynamic PMD tracking. Compared with existing compensators with a single fixed DGD, the proposed compensator improves an nonreturn-to-zero 10-Gb/s link tolerance to average PMD from 28 to 44 ps. Alternatively, the tolerance increases to only 36 ps using a compensator with two fixed-DGD sections.

Keywords

compensation; delays; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; 10 Gbit/s; 28 to 44 ps; 36 ps; PMD compensators; dynamic PMD tracking; fixed differential group delay; fixed time delay; higher order polarization mode dispersion compensation; nonreturn-to-zero link tolerance; performance limits; variable time delay; Delay effects; Feedback control; Frequency; Optical feedback; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Polarization mode dispersion; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.935829

Filename

935829