DocumentCode
500367
Title
The ultimate cost of PDL in fiber-optic systems
Author
Nafta, A. ; Shtaif, M.
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Tel Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv, Israel
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We study polarization dependent loss (PDL) in optical communications systems. The degradation in the ultimate achievable performance is considered in terms of the reduction in channel capacity and quantified in terms of the equivalent reduction in signal to noise ratio (SNR). The analysis provides guidelines for the tolerable amounts of PDL in ultimately designed systems.
Keywords
channel capacity; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; PDL system; channel capacity; fiber-optic system; optical communication system; optically designed system; polarization dependent loss; Costs; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Page description languages; Signal to noise ratio; (060.1660) Coherent communications; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-869-8
Type
conf
Filename
5225757
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