Fading in lightwave systems due to polarization-mode dispersion

Author

Poole, C.D. ; Tkach, R.W. ; Chraplyvy, A.R. ; Fishman, D.A.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1991

Firstpage

68

Lastpage

70

Abstract

System fading caused by polarization-mode dispersion is investigated at 1.7 Gb/s using highly-birefringent, dispersion-shifted fiber at 1.55 mu m. The observed fading, which is manifested by random fluctuations of the bit error rate for a fixed receiver power, is observed to depend on the environmental conditions of the fiber, with the time constant for fading varying from minutes to hours depending on the rate of change of the ambient temperature. The mean dispersion penalty inferred from the observed fluctuations in the bit error rate is consistent with a square-law dependence on the polarization-mode dispersion for small penalties.<>

Keywords

birefringence; light polarisation; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical links; 1.55 micron; 1.7 Gbit/s; ambient temperature; bit error rate; environmental conditions; fading; fixed receiver power; highly birefringent dispersion shifted fibre; lightwave systems; mean dispersion penalty; polarization-mode dispersion; random fluctuations; square-law dependence; time constant; Fading; Frequency shift keying; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion; Radio transmitters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.68051

Filename

68051