Title :
Real-Time PMD Tolerance Measurements of a PIC-Based 500 Gb/s Coherent Optical Modem
Author :
Rahn, Jeffrey T. ; Sun, Han ; Wu, Kuang-Tsan ; Basch, Bert E.
Author_Institution :
Infinera Corp., Sunnyvale, CA, USA
Abstract :
We present real-time polarization mode dispersion (PMD) tolerance measurement results with a commercially available 500 Gb/s coherent modem. The first- and second-order PMD space is explored, showing that peak values of 500 ps of static, first-order PMD (differential group delay) have small penalties. The system was stressed using fast scrambling, with polarization change of over 10 000 rad/s, along with high mean PMD. Penalties were small with sufficient equalization.
Keywords :
delays; integrated optoelectronics; modems; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; quadrature phase shift keying; PIC-based coherent optical modem; bit rate 500 Gbit/s; differential group delay; first-order PLAD space; photonic integrated circuit; real-time PMD tolerance measurements; real-time polarization mode dispersion tolerance measurement; second-order PLAD space; Bit error rate; Equalizers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical transmitters; Receivers; Integrated optics; optical fiber communication; optical fiber dispersion; phase modulation;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2012.2207946
