• DocumentCode
    1446107
  • Title

    Polarization-division multiplexed solitons in optical fibers with polarization-mode dispersion

  • Author

    Zhang, Xiupu ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A. ; Kolltveit, Erling

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
  • Volume
    10
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    1998
  • Firstpage
    1742
  • Lastpage
    1744
  • Abstract
    We point out that the use of polarization-division multiplexed solitons is only preferable to a copolarized pulse train only if the system is interaction-limited and the polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) is sufficiently weak. If the PMD is stronger, copolarized solitons perform better than polarization-division multiplexed ones. A simple analytical formula for when this occurs is derived.
  • Keywords
    multiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; optical solitons; copolarized pulse train; copolarized solitons; interaction-limited; optical fibers; polarization-division multiplexed; polarization-division multiplexed solitons; polarization-mode dispersion; Degradation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical pulses; Polarization mode dispersion; Solitons; Time division multiplexing; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.730488
  • Filename
    730488
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1446107