Title :
PMD mitigation by polarization filtering for high-speed optical transmission systems
Author :
Suzuki, Masatoshi ; Daikoku, Masahiro ; Hayashi, Michiaki ; Morita, Itsuro ; Tanaka, Hideaki
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Labs. Inc., Saitama
Abstract :
The automatic PMD compensator using polarization filtering with a polarizer was evaluated in 40 Gbit/s and 160 Gbit/s WDM transmission over installed fiber cables. The performance and long-term stability were enhanced with the simple PMD mitigation scheme.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; PMD mitigation; WDM transmission; automatic PMD compensator; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; fiber cables; high-speed optical transmission systems; polarization filtering; polarization mode dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; Filtering; High speed optical techniques; Monitoring; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Q factor; RF signals; Stability;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2008 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Acapulco
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1925-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2008.4590533
