The effect of the frequency dependence of PMD on the performance of optical communications systems

Author

Shtaif, Mark ; Boroditsky, Misha

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Phys. Electronincs, Tel Aviv Univ., Ramat Aviv, Israel

Volume

15

Issue

10

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1369

Lastpage

1371

Abstract

The authors study numerically the importance of the frequency dependence of the polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) vector to the operation of optical systems and evaluate the validity of the second-order PMD approximation. They show that there is no relevant range of parameters in which the second-order PMD approximation is useful and question the validity of considering discrete high-orders of PMD.

Keywords

compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; PMD compensation; PMD mitigation; discrete high-orders; fiber-optic communications system; frequency dependence; mean eye penalty; numerical study; optical communications systems; polarization-mode dispersion; second-order PMD approximation; Chromatic dispersion; Delay effects; Frequency dependence; High speed optical techniques; Laboratories; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.818239

Filename

1232960