Impact of SOIP on optical transmission system with first- and second-order PMD

Author

Wang, Hongxiang ; Ji, Yuefeng ; Qiao, Yaojun

Author_Institution

Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., China

Volume

16

Issue

2

fYear

2004

Firstpage

701

Lastpage

703

Abstract

A new approach is proposed that allows one to qualify the impact of state of input polarization (SOIP) on a 10-Gb/s optical transmission system using a polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) emulator with first- and second-order PMD for the first time. Through experimentations, we found that the system Q penalty as a function of SOIPs denoted by Stokes´ vector is symmetrical by the S₁-O-S₂, S₁-O-S₃, and S₂-O-S₃ planes in Stokes´ space when first-order PMD is only taken into account; but this kind of symmetry will be broken when second-order PMD is added. Also, an excellent linear fitting between maximum and average Q penalty is obtained in experiments with a PMD emulator for a group of SOIPs uniformly distributed on the Poincare´ sphere.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; 10 Gbit/s; PMD; Poincare sphere; Q penalty; SOIP; Stokes vector; optical transmission system; polarization-mode dispersion emulator; state of input polarization; Birefringence; Bit rate; Optical attenuators; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical receivers; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.823097

Filename

1266537