DocumentCode
398791
Title
Technique for in-situ measurements of polarization mode dispersion
Author
Boroditsky, M. ; Brodsky, M. ; Frigo, N. ; Magill, P. ; Raddatz, L.
Author_Institution
AT&T Labs., Middletown, NJ, USA
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
224
Abstract
A nondisruptive PMD measurement technique (utilizing the sidebands of working channels) is demonstrated, compared to the Mueller matrix method, and applied to a 43Gb/s field-installed system. Correlation between differential group delay and bit-error rate is observed.
Keywords
delay-differential systems; error statistics; optical correlation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 43 Gbit/s; Mueller matrix method; bit-error rate; differential group delay; field-installed system; in-situ measurement; nondisruptive PMD measurement technique; polarization mode dispersion; Band pass filters; Bit error rate; Frequency measurement; Monitoring; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Probes; Time measurement; Wavelength measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247616
Filename
1247616
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