Limitation of PMD compensation due to polarization-dependent loss in high-speed optical transmission links

Author

Kim, Na Young ; Lee, Duckey ; Yoon, Hosung ; Park, Jaehyoung ; Park, Namkyoo

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea

Volume

14

Issue

1

fYear

2002

Firstpage

104

Lastpage

106

Abstract

We have analyzed the effectiveness of two different polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) compensators in high-speed transmission systems suffering from polarization-dependent loss (PDL). When the link PDL value increases, the system performance improvement from the compensators decreases. Numerical analysis of a 10-Gb/s transmission system shows that even a small average link PDL of 0.5 dB could seriously limit the effectiveness of the PMD compensations.

Keywords

compensation; numerical analysis; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical links; 0.5 dB; 10 Gbit/s; PMD compensation effectiveness; PMD compensation limitation; PMD compensators; average link PDL; high-speed optical transmission links; link PDL value; numerical analysis; optical fiber communications; polarization-dependent loss; polarization-mode dispersion; polarization-mode dispersion compensation; polarization-mode dispersion compensators; system performance improvement; transmission system; Bit error rate; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Optical polarization; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Power transmission lines; Propagation losses;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.974176

Filename

974176