Title :
Outage probability due to polarization-mode dispersion in soliton systems
Author :
Xie, Chongjin ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, P.A.
Author_Institution :
Photonics Lab., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
We find that the interaction between solitons and dispersive waves generated by PMD seriously degrades the performance of soliton systems. Soliton control methods and dispersion-managed solitons, which could reduce such interaction, can achieve much better performance.
Keywords :
error statistics; light polarisation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical solitons; probability; BER degradation; PMD; dispersion-managed solitons; dispersive waves; outage probability; polarization-mode dispersion; Bit error rate; Degradation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Linear systems; Optical receivers; Polarization mode dispersion; Pulse shaping methods; Shape; Solitons; Space vector pulse width modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.988885
