Comparison of first order PMD compensation techniques

Author

Linares, L.C.B. ; von der Weid, J.P.

Author_Institution

Center for Telecommun. Studies, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2003

Firstpage

1019

Abstract

In this paper we present BER measurement results using a 1^st order compensator with a fixed and a variable delay line and compare with the PSP transmission method. For the fixed delay line we tested compensation efficiency for different DGD values. PSP transmission method was evaluated for different feedback delay times. A PMD emulator forced by pseudo-random fluctuations of temperature was used to generate a random set of PMD vectors. A comparison between the different methods is presented.

Keywords

birefringence; compensation; error statistics; fading; optical delay lines; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; BER measurement; WDM; compensation efficiency; fading; fixed delay line; linear birefringence element; polarization-mode dispersion; principal states of polarization; pseudorandom temperature fluctuations; variable delay line; Delay lines; Fading; Fluctuations; Monitoring; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 2003. IMOC 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7824-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2003.1242861

Filename

1242861