Title :
Pairwise coding to mitigate polarization dependent loss
Author :
Chen Zhu ; Binhuang Song ; Leimeng Zhuang ; Corcoran, Bill ; Lowery, Arthur J.
Author_Institution :
Electro-Photonics Lab., Monash Univ., Clayton, WA, Australia
Abstract :
By pre-coding data across polarizations, the performance degradation due to PDL can be largely mitigated without any coding overhead. Experimentally, this technique shows more than 2-dB Q2 improvement for PDM-QPSK with 6-dB worst-case PDL.
Keywords :
encoding; multiplexing; optical communication; quadrature phase shift keying; PDM-QPSK; pairwise coding; polarization dependent loss; polarization dependent multiplexed quadrature phase shift keying; pre-coding data across polarizations; Adaptive optics; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optimized production technology; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
