Title :
Systematic investigation of interplay between nonlinear and polarization dependent loss effects in coherent polarization multiplexed systems
Author :
Vassilieva, Olga ; Kim, Inwoong ; Naito, Takao
Author_Institution :
Fujitsu Labs. of America Inc., Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
We investigate interplay between nonlinear and PDL effects in coherent DP-QPSK systems. We find that signal degradation due to combined nonlinear and PDL impairments strongly depends on angle between signal and PDL axes. This dependency is opposite to PDL-only case.
Keywords :
polarisation; quadrature phase shift keying; coherent DP-QPSK system; coherent polarization multiplexed system; dual polarization quadrature phase shift keying; polarization dependent loss effect; signal degradation; Degradation; Digital signal processing; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; 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.2010.5621536
