Impact of the polarization mode dispersion on a field demonstration of 40 Gbit/s soliton transmission over 500 km

Author

Matera, F. ; Settembre, M. ; Tamburrini, M. ; Favre, F. ; Le Guen, D. ; Georges, T. ; Henry, M. ; Michaud, G. ; Franco, P. ; Schiffini, A. ; Romagnoli, M. ; Corsini, R. ; Gugliemucci, M. ; Cascelli, S.

Author_Institution

Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

115

Abstract

40-Gbit/s single-wavelength alternate polarization soliton field experiment was performed on a dispersion-shifted fiber installed cable 500 km long. Comparison with an equivalent fiber installed in laboratory showed that the main impairment was due to the polarization-mode dispersion.

Keywords

optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical solitons; 40 Gbit/s; 500 km; Gbit/s single-wavelength alternate polarization soliton field experiment; Gbit/s soliton transmission; dispersion-shifted fiber installed cable; equivalent fiber; field demonstration; laboratory; polarization mode dispersion; polarization-mode dispersion; Fluctuations; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion; Pulse amplifiers; Q factor; Solitons; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.768080

Filename

768080