Title :
Effects of PMD with random mode coupling on 2.48 Gb/s IM-DD lightwave systems
Author :
Prola, C.H. ; Da Silva, J. A Pereira ; Dal Forno, A.O. ; Passy, R. ; Von Der Weid, J.P.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Telecommun. Studies, Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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. BER measurements show more than 1.5 dB power penalty for PMD values of 30 ps
Keywords :
Gaussian distribution; birefringence; digital communication; error statistics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; 2.48 Gbit/s; BER measurements; IM-DD lightwave systems; PMD emulators; bit error rate; eye diagram corruption; highly birefringent fiber; polarization mode dispersion; random birefringence; random mode coupling splices; Birefringence; Optical coupling; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical noise; Polarization mode dispersion; Signal analysis; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave and Optoelectronics Conference, 1997. Linking to the Next Century. Proceedings., 1997 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Natal
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4165-1
DOI :
10.1109/SBMOMO.1997.648862
