Title :
Demonstration of the benefits brought by PMD in polarization-multiplexed systems
Author :
Bertran-Pardo, O. ; Renaudier, J. ; Charlet, G. ; Tran, P. ; Mardoyan, H. ; Bertolini, M. ; Salsi, M. ; Bigo, S.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
We report on the interplay between PMD and nonlinearities experienced by polarization-multiplexed signals detected with a coherent receiver. An experimental analysis over 2000 random draws of PMD conditions over an SSMF link shows that PMD can improve significantly system performance.
Keywords :
multiplexing; polarisation; PMD condition; SSMF link; coherent receiver; polarization mode dispersion; polarization-multiplexed signal; polarization-multiplexed system; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Mixers; Modulation; Multiplexing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical signal processing; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621116
