Title :
RZ-interleaving in 100-Gb/s polarization multiplexed DQPSK for PMD and PDL-affected metro networks
Author :
Ferrario, Maddalena ; Boffi, Pierpaolo ; Marazzi, Lucia ; Martelli, Paolo ; Parolari, Paola ; Martinelli, Mario
Author_Institution :
PoliCom-Dept. Electron. & Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan, Italy
Abstract :
RZ-interleaving proves an effective technique to cope with PMD and PDL issues in 100-Gb/s POLMUX RZ-DQPSK direct detection systems when PDL combines with moderate PMD, as in metro-regional networks. A comparison with RZ-time overlapping is also discussed.
Keywords :
interleaved codes; multiplexing; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; quadrature phase shift keying; PDL-affected metro network; PMD-affected metro network; POLMUX RZ-DQPSK direct detection system; RZ-interleaving; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; polarization mode dispersion; polarization multiplexed DQPSK; Bit error rate; Crosstalk; Demultiplexing; Optical noise; Optimized production technology; Robustness; Signal to noise ratio;
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.2010.5621444
