Title :
Capacity loss due to polarization effects in coherent optical systems
Author :
Matarazzo, E. ; Mayrock, M.
Author_Institution :
CEIICP, Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa, Italy
Abstract :
Optical fiber channels are investigated with respect to channel capacity. Singular value decomposition based estimation of SNR penalties due to PDL predicts high losses. In contrast, the capacity based approach yields distinctly lower values relevant along with polarization-time coding.
Keywords :
encoding; optical fibre communication; polarisation; singular value decomposition; capacity loss; channel capacity; coherent optical system; optical fiber channel; polarization effects; polarization-time coding; singular value decomposition based estimation; Mathematical model; Optical amplifiers; Optical distortion; Optical fiber amplifiers; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621409
