In-service measurements of polarization-mode dispersion and correlation to bit-error rate

Author

Boroditsky, Misha ; Brodsky, Misha ; Frigo, Nicholas J. ; Magill, Peter ; Raddatz, L.

Author_Institution

AT&T Labs, Middletown, NJ, USA

Volume

15

Issue

4

fYear

2003

fDate

4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

572

Lastpage

574

Abstract

We introduce a nondisruptive in situ polarization-mode dispersion measurement technique using the sidebands of working channels and show that it compares favorably with the standard Mueller matrix method. Using this technique, we observed time correlations between the instantaneous differential group delay and bit-error rate on a 1000-km field-installed 43-Gb/s transmission system.

Keywords

delays; matrix algebra; optical correlation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; 1000 km; 43 Gbit/s; bit-error rate; dispersion measurement technique; field-installed transmission system; in-service measurements; instantaneous differential group delay; optical correlation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre testing; polarization-mode dispersion; sidebands; standard Mueller matrix method; working channels; Bit error rate; Delay; Frequency measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion; Probes;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.809301

Filename

1190207