• DocumentCode
    830957
  • Title

    Assessment of the polarisation loss dependence of transoceanic systems using a recirculating loop

  • Author

    Malyon, D.J. ; Widdowson, T. ; Lord, Andrew

  • Author_Institution
    BT Labs., Ipswich, UK
  • Volume
    29
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1993
  • Firstpage
    207
  • Lastpage
    208
  • Abstract
    Preliminary results on the effect of polarisation loss on the performance of transoceanic systems are presented. Data transmission on the lowest loss polarisation state resulted in a 2.5 Gbit/s noise limited system performance to 20000 km. However, introducing a polarisation dependent loss (PDL) of 0.125 dB per span resulted in a 10-5 BER floor at 6000 km.
  • Keywords
    light polarisation; optical fibres; optical links; optical losses; 2.5 Gbit/s; 20000 km; BER floor; noise limited system performance; polarisation loss dependence; polarisation state; recirculating loop; transoceanic systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19930139
  • Filename
    184588
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=830957