Title :
Performance analysis of optical transmission system with polarization-mode dispersion and forward error correction
Author :
Ho, Keang-Po ; Lin, Chinlon
Author_Institution :
Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
Abstract :
This letter shows that sufficient interleaving is essential for forward error correction to provide average bit-error-rate (BER) improvement in a high polarization-mode-dispersion (PMD) system. While error correction improves the outrage probability, in term of average BER, error correction cannot extend the tolerable PMD level and provides no performance improvement when PMD is larger than 0.2-bit interval.
Keywords :
error correction codes; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; average BER; average bit-error-rate improvement; error correction; forward error correction; high polarization-mode-dispersion system; interleaving; optical transmission system; outrage probability; performance analysis; performance improvement; polarization-mode dispersion; tolerable PMD level; Bit error rate; Erbium; Forward error correction; Interleaved codes; Optical fiber cables; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Performance analysis; Polarization mode dispersion; System performance;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
