• DocumentCode
    85691
  • Title

    20-Gb/s PDM-RZ-DPSK Transmission With 40 krad/s Endless Optical Polarization Tracking

  • Author

    Koch, Barbara ; Noe, Reinhold ; Sandel, David ; Mirvoda, Vitali ; Omar, J. ; Puntsri, K.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. of Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
  • Volume
    25
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    1-May-13
  • Firstpage
    798
  • Lastpage
    801
  • Abstract
    An endless polarization tracker detects and minimizes interchannel interference, enabling automatic optical polarization demultiplex and consecutive direct detection of a 20-Gb/s polarization division multiplex RZ-DPSK signal at polarization scrambling speeds up to 40 krad/s. Transmission over 430 km of fiber is error-free.
  • Keywords
    adjacent channel interference; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; PDM-RZ-DPSK transmission; RZ-DPSK signal; automatic optical polarization demultiplex; bit rate 20 Gbit/s; consecutive direct detection; distance 430 km; endless optical polarization tracking; interchannel interference; polarization division multiplex; polarization scrambling speeds; Bit error rate; Frequency modulation; Interference; Multiplexing; Optical noise; Signal to noise ratio; Optical fiber communication; optical fiber polarization; phase shift keying;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2013.2251877
  • Filename
    6476640