Title :
PMD tolerance of 8×170 Gbit/s field transmission experiment over 430 km SSMF with and without PMDC
Author :
Leppla, Ralph ; Vorbeck, Sascha ; Schmidt, Michale ; Witte, Martin ; Buchali, Fred ; Hold, E. ; Rouzic, Esther Le ; Salaun, Suzanne
Author_Institution :
Technologiezentrum, T-Syst., Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
We report on the impact of PMD in a 8×170 Gbit/s DWDM transmission experiment over 430 km field installed SSMF with and without PMD compensation. Stable performance is only achieved when using PMDC.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; 1360 Gbit/s; 430 km; DWDM transmission experiment; PMD compensation; PMD tolerance; PMDC; SSMF; stable performance; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Chromatic dispersion; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Telecommunications; Time measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.193099
