DocumentCode
356453
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
Volume
3
fYear
2000
fDate
7-10 March 2000
Firstpage
37
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-630-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2000.868515
Filename
868515
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