Title :
Impact of chirping on polarization-mode dispersion compensated systems
Author :
Lanne, Stephanie ; Penninckx, Denis ; Thiery, Jean-Pierre ; Hama, Jean-Pierre
Author_Institution :
Corporate Res. Centre, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
Investigates the effect of chirp, resulting from either the transmitter, chromatic dispersion, or Kerr effect in the fiber, on polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) compensated systems. We demonstrate both experimentally and numerically the deleterious impact of chirping on systems with first-order PMD compensation. We present a way to optimize the PMD compensator performance by minimizing the total chirp of the signal at the receiver side.
Keywords :
chirp modulation; optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical receivers; optical transmitters; Kerr effect; chirping; chromatic dispersion; first-order polarization mode dispersion compensation; polarization mode dispersion compensator performance; polarization-mode dispersion compensated systems; receiver side; signal; total chirp; transmitter; Chirp; Chromatic dispersion; Distortion measurement; Kerr effect; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
