Title :
Impact of Polarisation Dependent Loss on Coherent POLMUX-NRZ-DQPSK
Author :
Duthel, Thomas ; Fludger, C.R.S. ; Geyer, J. ; Schulien, C.
Author_Institution :
CoreOptics GmbH, Nuernberg, Germany
Abstract :
We present simulations and measurements on the effect of PDL on a POLMUX-NRZ- DQPSK signal. We show that the orientation between the POLMUX signal and PDL element has a major impact on the OSNR performance.
Keywords :
multiplexing; optical communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; quadrature phase shift keying; OSNR performance; PDL element; POLMUX signal; POLMUX-NRZ- DQPSK signal; polarisation dependent loss; Decoding; Demultiplexing; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Page description languages; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528544
