Title :
Field evaluation of an optical PMD compensator using an installed 10 Gbit/s system
Author :
Watley, D.A. ; Farley, K.S. ; Lee, W.S. ; Bordogna, G. ; Shaw, B.J. ; Hadjifotiou, A.P.
Author_Institution :
Nortel Networks, Harlow Labs., UK
Abstract :
We report, for the first time, results correlating PMD compensation performance to system instantaneous differential group delay (DGD) over installed fibre. We also report accurate replication of the installed fibre PMD conditions in a laboratory providing accelerated PMD exploration.
Keywords :
compensation; delays; life testing; optical communication equipment; optical fiber dispersion; optical fiber polarization; optical fiber testing; 10 Gbit/s; accelerated PMD exploration; correlating PMD compensation performance; field evaluation; installed Gbit/s system; installed fibre; installed fibre PMD conditions; instantaneous DGD; instantaneous differential group delay; optical PMD compensator; Automatic control; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Position measurement; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868515
