DocumentCode :
109249
Title :
Second-Order PMD-Induced Crosstalk Between Polarization-Multiplexed Signals and Its Impact on Ultrashort Optical Pulse Transmission
Author :
Hirooka, Toshihiko ; Harako, Koudai ; Guan, P. ; Nakazawa, Masataka
Author_Institution :
Res. Inst. of Electr. Commun., Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
Volume :
31
Issue :
5
fYear :
2013
fDate :
1-Mar-13
Firstpage :
809
Lastpage :
814
Abstract :
We present an analytical description and experimental demonstration of inter-polarization crosstalk caused by second-order polarization-mode dispersion (PMD). Even if the first-order PMD is completely compensated for, second-order PMD leads to large transmission impairments in ultrashort optical pulse transmissions through signal depolarization, which is caused by the frequency dependence of the principal state of polarization. In particular, depolarization in a polarization-multiplexed transmission inevitably prevents the complete separation of the two channels at the polarization demultiplexing. The analytical results show that the crosstalk increases in proportion to the fourth power of the signal bandwidth and grows by the square of distance as also verified by the experiments.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; multiplexing; optical crosstalk; optical pulse generation; analytical description; frequency dependence; inter-polarization crosstalk; large transmission impairments; polarization demultiplexing; polarization-multiplexed signals; polarization-multiplexed transmission; principal state of polarization; second-order PMD-induced crosstalk; second-order polarization-mode dispersion; signal depolarization; ultrashort optical pulse transmission; Bandwidth; Crosstalk; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulses; Vectors; Wavelength measurement; Depolarization; high-speed optical pulse transmission; optical time division multiplexing; polarization multiplexing; polarization-mode dispersion; ultrashort optical pulse;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0733-8724
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2012.2236884
Filename :
6399503
Link To Document :
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