Title :
Pulse distortion induced by polarization-mode dispersion and polarization-dependent loss in lightwave transmission systems
Author :
Xie, Chongjin ; Mollenauer, Linn F. ; Möller, Lothar
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The combined effects of polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization-dependent loss (PDL) on pulse broadening in optical transmission links for both PMD uncompensated and compensated systems are investigated by numerical simulation. It is shown that, when PDL is large, PDL considerably reduces the efficiency of PMD compensation, which, we find, is mainly due to the increased higher order PMD caused by the combined effects of PMD and PDL, as well as nonorthogonal principal states of polarization.
Keywords :
compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; PDL; PMD compensated systems; PMD compensation; PMD uncompensated systems; lightwave transmission systems; nonorthogonal principal states of polarization; optical transmission links; polarization-dependent loss; polarization-mode dispersion; pulse broadening; pulse distortion; Histograms; Numerical simulation; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Propagation losses;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.814872
