Title :
Polarization effects in coherent systems
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs-Research, 200 Laurel Ave South, Middletown, NJ 07748, USA
Abstract :
Relevant polarization effects in coherent systems include polarization mode dispersion, polarization dependent loss, and polarization transients. This paper reviews coherent receivers´ tolerances to these impairments and discusses recent field measurements of PDL and polarization transients.
Keywords :
Bit error rate; Digital signal processing; Loss measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Receivers; Signal to noise ratio; Transient analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
