Title :
Effects of partially polarized noise in a receiver
Author :
Sun, Yue ; Lima, Isaias ; Lima, A. ; Jiao, Hailong ; Zweck, John ; Yan, Lijun ; Menyuk, Curtis ; Carter, G.
Author_Institution :
Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We compare back-to-back experiments to an accurate receiver model and an analytical formula for the Q-factor distribution. We show that even for a fixed SNR, partially polarized noise can cause a large variation in system performance.
Keywords :
Q-factor; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; optical receivers; Q-factor distribution; SNR; partially polarized noise; receiver model; Bit error rate; Extinction ratio; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Polarization; Q factor; Shape; Signal to noise ratio; Time domain analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247522
