Title :
Electrical slope steepness difference indicates higher-order PMD at 40 Gbit/s
Author :
Wüst, F. ; Sandel, D. ; Mirvoda, V. ; Noe, R.
Author_Institution :
Paderborn Univ., Germany
Abstract :
Polarization scrambling combined with arrival time detection is used to detect 1st-order PMD. The measured difference between rising/falling detected signal slope steepnesses indicates residual higher-order PMD more sensitively than any other electrical scheme. PMD is also compensated.
Keywords :
compensation; delays; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; 40 Gbit/s; arrival time detection; differential group delay; electrical scheme; electrical slope steepness detection; higher-order polarization mode dispersion; polarization scrambling; Bit error rate; Chromatic dispersion; Concatenated codes; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical retarders; Optical sensors; Page description languages; Probability distribution;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247642
