Title :
Polarisation effects on BER degradation at 10 Gbit/s in an IM-DD, 1520 km optical amplifier system
Author :
Namihira, Yoshinori ; Kawazawa, T. ; Taga, Hidenori
Author_Institution :
R&D Lab., KDD, Saitama, Japan
Abstract :
The polarisation effects on BER degradation at 10 Gbit/s in an IM-DD, 1520 km long optical amplifier system are presented. Correlation between BER degradation and polarisation fluctuations as well as depolarised effects of signals are observed.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; light polarisation; optical links; 10 Gbit/s; 1520 km; BER degradation; EDFA; Er doped fibre amplifier; IM-DD; bit error rate degradation; depolarisation; optical amplifier system; polarisation effects; polarisation fluctuations;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931101
