Title :
Is Polarization Mode Dispersion a Detriment or a Benefit?
Author_Institution :
ARC Special Research Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia, Email: wshieh@ee.unimelb.edu.au
Abstract :
Polarization-mode-dispersion places a fundamental barrier to conventional single-carrier systems. However, for multi-carrier systems such as coherent optical orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexed systems, PMD provides a benefit of polarization diversity against polarization-dependent-loss-induced fading and consequently improves the system margin.
Keywords :
Degradation; Fading; High speed optical techniques; OFDM; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion; Tin;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800976
