Measurement of the input states of polarization that maximize and minimize the eye opening in the presence of PMD and PDL

Author

Kuperman, David ; Eyal, Avishay ; Mor, Ori ; Traister, Shai ; Tur, Moshe

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Tel Aviv Univ., Israel

Volume

15

Issue

10

fYear

2003

Firstpage

1425

Lastpage

1427

Abstract

A new technique for finding the input states of polarization that maximize and minimize the eye opening in a system affected with high-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) and polarization dependent loss (PDL) is demonstrated. The method is based on a recently introduced relation between the instantaneous intensity at the system output and the input state of polarization. Experimentally, the method was successfully checked in a 10-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero link with both high-order PMD and PDL.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; 10 Gbit/s; eye opening; fibre polarisation; high-order polarization mode dispersion; input state of polarization; input states of polarization; instantaneous intensity; nonreturn-to-zero link; polarization dependent loss; system output; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Shape; Space vector pulse width modulation; Stokes parameters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.818222

Filename

1232979