Title :
XPM-induced polarization-state fluctuations in WDM systems and their mitigation
Author :
Pan, Z. ; Yu, Q. ; Willner, A.E. ; Arieli, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, we show numerically and experimentally the degradation caused by cross phase modulation (XPM) in systems that use PMD compensators, as well as demonstrate a modulation scheme for mitigating this problem. We use a simple and effective model to evaluate this problem. We show the quantity of XPM-induced polarization-state fluctuations and induced system penalty for different conditions. In order to overcome this problem, we propose and demonstrate a novel intra-bit polarization modulation (IPDM) format.
Keywords :
compensation; fluctuations; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; PMD compensators; WDM system; XPM degradation; XPM-induced polarization-state fluctuations; cross phase modulation; induced system penalty; intra-bit polarization modulation format; modulation scheme; Birefringence; Feedback loop; Fiber nonlinear optics; Fluctuations; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Probes; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036430
