• DocumentCode
    1095693
  • Title

    PMD-induced BER penalties in optically-amplified IM/DD lightwave systems

  • Author

    Morkel, Paul R ; Butler, D.J. ; Newman, Robert

  • Author_Institution
    STC Submarine Syst., London
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    5/12/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    806
  • Lastpage
    807
  • Abstract
    The dependence of electrical SNR on polarisation-mode-dispersion (PMD) induced intersymbol interference in optically-amplified IM/DD lightwave systems is evaluated theoretically and experimentally. The results allow the cumulative probability of penalty for a system subject to Maxwellian probability distribution of PMD to be evaluated for various mean-PMD levels
  • Keywords
    digital communication systems; intersymbol interference; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical links; probability; Maxwellian probability distribution; PMD-induced BER penalties; bit error rate; cumulative probability; electrical SNR; intersymbol interference; mean-PMD levels; optically-amplified IM/DD lightwave systems; polarisation-mode-dispersion;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940557
  • Filename
    289238