DocumentCode :
1007820
Title :
Comparison of system penalties from first- and multiorder polarization-mode dispersion
Author :
Boroditsky, M. ; Cornick, K. ; Antonelli, C. ; Brodsky, M. ; Dods, S.D. ; Frigo, N.J. ; Magill, P.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs., Middletown, NJ, USA
Volume :
17
Issue :
8
fYear :
2005
Firstpage :
1650
Lastpage :
1652
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the polarization-mode dispersion (PMD)-induced system penalty arising from first-order and all-order PMD. We use a measurable quantity, "string" length, to parameterize the penalty, find a deterministic correction to the accepted first-order PMD-induced system penalty approximation, and discuss the implications for system outages. Further, we show that higher orders of PMD introduce an additional penalty scatter that is nearly independent of "string" length, and correlated to the magnitude of the second-order PMD vector.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; first-order polarization-mode dispersion; multiorder polarization-mode dispersion; penalty scatter; second-order PMD vector; string length; system penalties; system penalty approximation; Bit error rate; Delay; Frequency; Length measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical scattering; Polarization mode dispersion; Signal to noise ratio; Optical fiber communications; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD); system penalty;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.850858
Filename :
1471764
Link To Document :
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