Title :
Polarisation guiding in ultralong distance soliton transmission
Author :
Widdowson, T. ; Lord, Andrew ; Malyon, D.J.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich
fDate :
5/26/1994 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Signal polarisation rotation due to polarisation dependent loss has been observed for the first time in an optical communications transmission system. In particular its effect as a limiting factor in solitonic polarisation multiplexed systems is discussed. An analytic expression for the degree of rotation is presented and experimentally verified. Additionally, 5 Gbit/s solitons have been transmitted a distance of 11000 km without transmission control
Keywords :
light polarisation; light transmission; multiplexing; optical communication; optical fibres; optical losses; optical rotation; optical solitons; 11000 km; 5 Gbit/s; optical communications transmission system; optical fibre; polarisation dependent loss; polarisation division multiplexing; polarisation guiding; signal polarisation rotation; ultralong distance soliton transmission;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19940618
