System Penalty in Coherent Receiver Considering Distributed PMD, PDL, and ASE

Author

Han Sun ; VanLeeuwen, Mike ; Dangui, Vinayak ; Nilsson, A. ; Zhong Pan ; Mertz, Pierre ; Rahn, Jeffrey ; Mitchell, Matthew ; Kuang-Tsan Wu

Author_Institution

Infinera Canada, Inc., Ottawa, ON, Canada

Volume

25

Issue

9

fYear

2013

fDate

1-May-13

Firstpage

885

Lastpage

887

Abstract

Combined effects of distributed polarization mode dispersion (PMD), polarization dependent loss (PDL), and amplified-spontaneous-emission noise are considered in analyzing the bit error rate penalty of coherent transmission systems utilizing multiple-input-multiple-output equalization and least-mean-squared adaptation. A semianalytical model is used to evaluate system penalty at 10^-5 probability of occurrence. It is found that a large amount of PMD in the fiber can significantly reduce the PDL penalty. Similarly, intentionally introducing PMD in the transmitter can also reduce the PDL penalty.

Keywords

error statistics; least mean squares methods; optical receivers; optical transmitters; superradiance; ASE; PDL; PMD; amplified-spontaneous-emission; bit error rate penalty; coherent receiver; coherent transmission systems; least-mean-squared adaptation; multiple-input-multiple-output equalization; polarization dependent loss; polarization mode dispersion; semianalytical model; system penalty; Coherent receiver; PDL; PDL penalty; PMD; coherent transmission; optical fiber communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2013.2254708

Filename

6488728