PMD emulators and signal distortion in 2.48-Gb/s IM-DD lightwave systems

Author

Prola, C.H., Jr. ; Silva, J. A Pereira da ; Forno, A. O Dal ; Passy, R. ; von der Weid, J.P. ; Gisin, N.

Author_Institution

Center for Telecommun. Studies, Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Volume

9

Issue

6

fYear

1997

fDate

6/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

842

Lastpage

844

Abstract

Effects of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) on 2.48 Gb/s IM-DD lightwave systems are experimentally observed by using PMD emulators made with segments of highly birefringent fiber with random-mode coupling splices. Random birefringence between mode couplings was also included in the emulator. The measurements indicate that the eye diagram is corrupted by PMD values above 10 ps.

Keywords

birefringence; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; optical noise; 10 ps; 2.48 Gbit/s; Gb/s IM-DD lightwave systems; IM-DD lightwave systems; PMD emulators; PMD values; eye diagram; highly birefringent fiber; mode couplings; polarization mode dispersion; random birefringence; random-mode coupling splices; signal distortion; Birefringence; Distortion measurement; Optical coupling; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical noise; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.585009

Filename

585009