Polarization-mode dispersion in high-speed fiber-optic transmission systems

Author

Sunnerud, Henrik ; Karlsson, Magnus ; Xie, Chongjin ; Andrekson, Peter A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Microelectron., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

Volume

20

Issue

12

fYear

2002

fDate

12/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2204

Lastpage

2219

Abstract

We review recent research related to polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in fiber-optic transmission systems operating at 40 Gb/s and above. We investigate the benefits of using different passive techniques for mitigating the effects of PMD, including more advantageous data formats compared to the conventional nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) format, soliton transmission, and forward error correction (FEC). We also compare a number of active pre- and posttransmission compensators.

Keywords

equalisers; error compensation; forward error correction; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical solitons; 40 Gbit/s; PMD effects mitigation; active posttransmission compensators; active pretransmission compensators; data formats; dispersion managed solitons; equalization; forward error correction; high-speed fiber-optic transmission systems; outage probability; passive techniques; polarization mode dispersion; pulse broadening; soliton transmission; Birefringence; Forward error correction; Laboratories; Microelectronics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Photonics; Polarization mode dispersion; Solitons;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2002.806765

Filename

1178153