Title :
Polarization scattering by intra-channel collisions in phase-modulated transmission
Author :
Mecozzi, Antonio ; Matera, Francesco
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Univ. of L´´Aquila, L´´Aquila, Italy
Abstract :
We show that polarization modulated and polarization multiplexed transmission may be significantly impaired by the polarization scattering induced by intra-channel cross-phase modulation. In polarization multiplexed transmission, channel interleaving may be used to mitigate the effect.
Keywords :
light polarisation; light scattering; optical communication; optical modulation; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; channel interleaving; intra-channel collisions; intra-channel cross-phase modulation; phase-modulated transmission; polarization multiplexed transmission; polarization scattering; wavelength division multiplexing; Dispersion; Equations; Mathematical model; Modulation; Multiplexing; Scattering; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
