Title :
Mitigation of PDL in coherent optical communications: How close to the fundamental limit?
Author :
Delesques, P. ; Awwad, Elie ; Mumtaz, Sami ; Froc, G. ; Ciblat, Philippe ; Jaouen, Yves ; Rekaya, G. ; Ware, C.
Author_Institution :
Mitsubishi Electr. R&D Centre Eur., Rennes, France
Abstract :
Considering coherent optical transmissions with PDL disturbance, we evaluate how far from the fundamental limit (based on the outage probability) are conventional coding schemes using Polarization-Time codes and/or LDPC codes.
Keywords :
light coherence; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; parity check codes; LDPC codes; PDL mitigation; coding schemes; coherent optical communications; fundamental limit; outage probability; polarization-time codes; Frequency conversion; Integrated optics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications (ECOC), 2012 38th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Amsterdam
