Title :
Dynamic Performance Evaluation of Optical Polarization Mode Dispersion Compensators and Electronic Equalizers Including Forward Error Correction
Author :
Chongjin Xie ; Werner, David ; Haunstein, Herbert ; Chandrasekhar, S.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A method to test the dynamic performance of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensators (PMDCs) is presented. The dynamic performance of an optical PMDC combined with electronic equalizers is measured before and after forward error correction.
Keywords :
forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; dynamic performance evaluation; electronic equalizer; forward error correction; optical PMDC; optical polarization mode dispersion compensator; Decoding; Equalizers; Forward error correction; High speed optical techniques; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528542
