Title :
Measurement of the input states of polarization that maximize and minimize the eye opening in the presence of PMD and PDL
Author :
Kuperman, David ; Eyal, Avishay ; Mor, Ori ; Traister, Shai ; Tur, Moshe
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Tel Aviv Univ., Israel
Abstract :
A new technique for finding the input states of polarization that maximize and minimize the eye opening in a system affected with high-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization dependent loss (PDL) is demonstrated. The method is based on a recently introduced relation between the instantaneous intensity at the system output and the input state of polarization. Experimentally, the method was successfully checked in a 10-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero link with both high-order PMD and PDL.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; 10 Gbit/s; eye opening; fibre polarisation; high-order polarization mode dispersion; input state of polarization; input states of polarization; instantaneous intensity; nonreturn-to-zero link; polarization dependent loss; system output; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Shape; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stokes parameters;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.818222
