Title :
Improved PMD tolerance in systems using enhanced forward error correction through distributed fast polarization scrambling
Author :
Liu, X. ; Giles, C.R. ; Wei, X. ; van Wijngaarden, A.J. ; Kao, Y.-H. ; Xie, C. ; Möller, L.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that distributed fast polarization scramblers in a differential phase-shift keying transmission system with an enhanced forward error correction code outperforms the standard Reed-Solomon code and improves the polarization-mode dispersion tolerance by 140%.
Keywords :
differential phase shift keying; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; FEC code; PMD tolerance; differential phase-shift keying; distributed polarization scrambling; fast polarization scrambling; forward error correction; optical transmission system; polarization-mode dispersion tolerance;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
