Polarization-mode dispersion-induced outages in soliton transmission systems

Author

Xie, Chongjin ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Andrekson, Peter A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

Volume

13

Issue

10

fYear

2001

Firstpage

1079

Lastpage

1081

Abstract

The bit-error-rate (BER) degradation of conventional soliton systems due to polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) is investigated. It is found that the interplay between the dispersive waves generated by PMD and adjacent soliton pulses will seriously degrade the BER of soliton systems, and make them even worse than linear systems if all other transmission impairments are neglected. In order to achieve soliton robustness to PMD, some techniques to eliminate or reduce the dispersive waves must be employed, such as soliton control methods or dispersion-managed solitons. Different systems are estimated and compared in terms of PMD-induced outage probability.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical solitons; probability; telecommunication network management; PMD-induced outage probability; adjacent soliton pulses; bit-error-rate degradation; dispersion-managed solitons; dispersive waves; linear systems; polarization-mode dispersion-induced outages; soliton control methods; soliton robustness; soliton transmission systems; transmission impairments; Bit error rate; Degradation; Dispersion; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Laboratories; Microelectronics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Photonics; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.950741

Filename

950741