Experimental comparison of PMD-induced system penalty models

Author

Cornick, Kate E. ; Boroditsky, M. ; Finch, S. ; Dods, S.D. ; Farrell, P.M.

Author_Institution

Victorian Res. Lab., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic.

Volume

18

Issue

10

fYear

2006

fDate

5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1149

Lastpage

1151

Abstract

We present experimental investigations of polarization-mode dispersion (PMD)-induced system penalties arising from an all-order PMD source, for amplified spontaneous emission and thermally limited systems. Further, we compare the experimental first-order PMD-induced penalties with predictions from both the string length model and the modified quadratic model. We show that the both models are in good agreement with the experimental data. The major difference between the two models is in the measurement requirements, which are less stringent for the string length method

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; superradiance; PMD-induced system penalty; all-order PMD source; amplified spontaneous emission; modified quadratic model; optical fiber communications; polarization-mode dispersion; string length model; system penalty models; thermally limited systems; Australia; Laboratories; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Predictive models; Signal to noise ratio; Spontaneous emission; Tunable circuits and devices; Optical fiber communications; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD); string lengths; system penalties;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.874688

Filename

1626344