Title :
Measurement of higher-order polarisation mode dispersion effects on 10 Gbit/s system over installed non-dispersion-shifted fibre
Author :
Watley, D.A. ; Gleeson, L.M. ; Farley, K.S. ; Sikora, E.S.R. ; Lee, W.S. ; Hadjifotiou, A.P.
Author_Institution :
Nortel Networks, Harlow Labs., UK
fDate :
8/19/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Experimental results are reported demonstrating that the variation in system performance due to higher-order polarisation mode dispersion effects can be minimised by carefully managing the net chirp through the use of appropriate modulators and dispersion compensation
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; 10 Gbit/s; chirp management; dispersion compensation; higher-order polarisation mode dispersion measurement; modulator; nondispersion-shifted fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990990
