Title :
Is PMD compensation really useful?
Author :
Eiselt, Michael ; Garrett, L. ; Tkach, Robert
Author_Institution :
Celion Networks, Tinton Falls, NJ, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247553
