Title :
Experimental statistical assessment of XPM impact on optical PMD compensator efficiency
Author :
Corbel, E. ; Thiery, J.P. ; Lanne, S. ; Bigo, S. ; Vannucci, A. ; Bononi, A.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
In this paper, we report experiments on the statistical assessment of the reduction of PMD mitigator efficiency in presence of XPM effects. The XPM-induced depolarization limits compensation in polarization dispersive ultra-long haul system at 10 Gb/s.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical limiters; optical transmitters; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; PMD mitigator efficiency; XPM-induced depolarization; cross phase modulation; experimental statistical assessment; optical PMD compensator efficiency; ultra-long haul system; Bit rate; Dispersion; Fourier series; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pumping; Optical signal processing; Power measurement; Probes; Propagation losses;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248367
