• DocumentCode
    1039622
  • Title

    BER fluctuation suppression in optical in-line amplifier systems using polarisation scrambling technique

  • Author

    Fukada, Youichi ; Imai, Tetsuro

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Transmission Syst. Labs., Kanagawa
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    3/3/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    432
  • Lastpage
    433
  • Abstract
    The effectiveness of the polarisation scrambling technique for suppressing BER fluctuation is confirmed experimentally with a 2900 km optical in-line amplifier transmission system. The technique suppresses the BER fluctuation by three orders of magnitude, from 10-5-10-9 to 10-810-9
  • Keywords
    digital communication systems; error statistics; fibre lasers; laser beam applications; light polarisation; optical links; repeaters; 2900 km; BER fluctuation suppression; bit error rate; fibre transmission system; optical fibre links; optical in-line amplifier systems; polarisation scrambling technique;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940311
  • Filename
    273249