Broad-band concatenated-section PMD emulator design for low interchannel correlation

Author

Palmer, L. ; Dods, S.D. ; Farrell, P.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia

Volume

17

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1019

Lastpage

1021

Abstract

The coarsely discrete structure of polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) emulators can artificially correlate the PMD affecting different wavelength-division-multiplexed channels. We present a model that predicts the background autocorrelation of concatenated-section emulators with independently rotatable elements, and show how emulators with low interchannel correlation can be designed.

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical correlation; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; broad-band concatenated-section PMD emulator design; interchannel correlation; polarization-mode dispersion emulators; wavelength-division-multiplexed channels; Autocorrelation; Birefringence; Emulation; Frequency; Laboratories; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Photonics; Polarization mode dispersion; Autocorrelation function (ACF); emulators; optical communication; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.845665

Filename

1424086