DocumentCode :
1169380
Title :
Effects of transmitter imperfection on polarization mode dispersion impairments
Author :
Xie, Chongjin ; Shen, Shuai ; Möller, Lothar
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Volume :
15
Issue :
4
fYear :
2003
fDate :
4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
614
Lastpage :
616
Abstract :
We study the influences of transmitter characteristics on polarization mode dispersion (PMD) impairments in optical transmission systems with both experiments and simulations. We show that transmitter imperfection, such as timing and amplitude jitters and pulse shape distortion, can significantly increase PMD impairments, especially when the differential group delay in the systems is large. Our simulation further shows that the increased PMD impairments due to transmitter imperfection will considerably reduce the effectiveness of using large system optical signal-to-noise ratio margin to combat PMD.
Keywords :
delays; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; optical transmitters; timing jitter; amplitude jitters; differential group delay; optical transmission systems; polarization mode dispersion impairments; pulse shape distortion; signal-to-noise ratio margin; timing jitters; transmitter characteristics; transmitter imperfection; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion; Signal to noise ratio; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1041-1135
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.809304
Filename :
1190221
Link To Document :
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