Title :
PMD induced penalty in the presence of fast polarization scrambling
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., The Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Abstract :
PMD (polarization mode dispersion) induced penalty is investigated for an optical signal in a PMD medium under fast polarization scrambling. The Q penalty from pulse distortion is complementary to the Q penalty from timing jitter.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; timing jitter; PMD induced penalty; Q penalty; fast polarization scrambling; optical signal; polarization mode dispersion; pulse distortion; timing jitter; Bandwidth; Clocks; Forward error correction; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Timing jitter;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192834
