Title :
Impact of higher-order polarisation mode dispersion on a 10 Gb/s system over installed non-dispersion shifted fibre
Author :
Watley, D.A. ; Farley, K.S. ; Lee, W.S. ; Hadjifotiou, A.J. ; Gleeson, L.M. ; Sikora, E.S.R.
Author_Institution :
Harlow Labs., Nortel Plc., Harlow, UK
Abstract :
We report experimental results demonstrating that the variation in system performance due to second-order polarization-mode-dispersion effects can be decreased through a reduction of the net chirp.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; 100 Gbit/s; chirp; nondispersion shifted fibre; polarisation mode dispersion; Chirp modulation; Laboratories; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.767857
