Title :
Mitigation of polarization mode dispersion
Author :
Chbat, Michel W.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Opt. Div., Alcatel USA, Richardson, TX, USA
Abstract :
There is a need for PMD mitigation. The increasing demand for bandwidth is driving most telecommunication operators toward the deployment of large capacity transmission systems. For distances of 300km or longer, 20% of the installed fiber plant is not suitable for 10 Gb/s transmission, and 75% is not suitable for 40 Gb/s. This observation, however imprecise, shows that present and future transmission systems on the embedded fiber plant will greatly benefit from a reduction of the PMD effect, in order to upgrade the system capacity and expand the distance between regenerators
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical repeaters; 10 Gbit/s; 300 km; 40 Gbit/s; Gb/s transmission; PMD mitigation; embedded fiber plant; future transmission systems; installed fiber plant; large capacity transmission systems; polarization mode dispersion mitigation; regenerator distance; system capacity; telecommunication operators; Bandwidth; Decision feedback equalizers; Delay; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Phase detection; Polarization mode dispersion; System performance;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS '99. IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society 1999 12th Annual Meeting
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5634-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1999.813522
