Investigation of PMD in old optical fibres and cables and PMD effects on network upgrades to higher bit rates

Author

Buryk, M. ; Borzycki, K. ; Jaworski, M. ; Marciniak, M.

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Telecommun., Warsaw, Poland

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

4-8 July 2004

Firstpage

244

Abstract

PMD (polarization mode dispersion) is a significant effect in high data rate optical systems. When telecommunication operators want to upgrade their network with higher bit rate systems, PMD may be a key limitation. As laying new fibres for this purpose is costly, time consuming and preferably avoided, testing and qualification of existing fibres, often 10-15 years old, becomes very important. NIT (National Institute of Telecommunications) is actively working on the analysis of PMD effects in digital networks and experimental verification of performance of various optical fibres and cables used in Poland.

Keywords

optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; PMD; network upgrades; optical cables; optical fibres; polarization-mode dispersion; Automatic frequency control; Bit rate; Cables; Degradation; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Probability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2004. Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8343-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2004.1362017

Filename

1362017