DocumentCode
2317386
Title
Is PMD compensation really useful?
Author
Eiselt, Michael ; Garrett, L. ; Tkach, Robert
Author_Institution
Celion Networks, Tinton Falls, NJ, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
142
Abstract
We compare the benefit of optical PMD compensation relative to improving the PMD tolerance by reducing system reach. PMDCs are found to have value in 10 and 40 Gb/s systems only for a limited range of the fiber PMD parameter.
Keywords
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; 10 Gbit/s; 40 Gbit/s; optical polarization mode dispersion compensation; polarization mode dispersion tolerance; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Performance gain; Signal to noise ratio; Telecommunication traffic; WDM networks; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247553
Filename
1247553
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