Title :
Repolarization of polarization-scrambled optical signals due to polarization dependent loss
Author :
Menyuk, C.R. ; Wang, D. ; Pilipetskii, A.N.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Electr. Eng., Maryland Univ., Baltimore, MD, USA
Abstract :
We calculate the distribution function of the degree of polarization on an initially polarization-scrambled signal propagating through many amplifiers in an optical fiber of a long haul high data rate fibre communication system. We show that significant repolarization can occur for modern-day parameters
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; distribution function; initially polarization-scrambled signal; long haul high data rate fibre communication system; modern-day parameters; optical fiber; polarization dependent loss; polarization-scrambled optical signal repolarisation;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971543
