Experimental quantification of soliton robustness to polarization mode dispersion in conventional and dispersion-managed systems

Author

Sunnerud, Henrik ; Li, Jie ; Xie, Chongjin ; Andrekson, Peter A.

Author_Institution

Photonics Lab., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden

Volume

19

Issue

10

fYear

2001

fDate

10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1453

Lastpage

1461

Abstract

We have experimentally quantified the soliton robustness to polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in both conventional and dispersion-managed (DM) soliton systems. Long-term measurements were performed in a computer-controlled system where the PMD characteristics varied randomly with time. Apart from the PMD itself, the performance of both systems depends on the average dispersion while the performance of the DM system also depends on the dispersion map strength. The results show that the robustness can be even more pronounced for DM systems with relatively small dispersion map strengths (0<S<10), compared with conventional systems (S=0), which is an effect of the increased power requirements. The experiments were also compared with numerical simulations

Keywords

optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre testing; optical solitons; telecommunication network management; PMD characteristics; average dispersion; computer-controlled system; dispersion map strength; dispersion-managed systems; increased power requirements; numerical simulations; polarization mode dispersion; robustness; small dispersion map strengths; soliton robustness; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Delta modulation; Numerical simulation; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Robustness; Solitons; Time measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.956132

Filename

956132