Title :
PMD in optical communication systems
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
The paper presents polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in optical communication systems. More particularly, it highlights certain key systems in dealing with PMD effects: monitoring, emulation, mitigation, compensation and PMD and polarization dependent loss (PDL) interactions.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; PDL; PMD; compensation; emulation; mitigation; monitoring; optical communication systems; polarization dependent loss; polarization mode dispersion; Costs; Degradation; Forward error correction; Frequency; Monitoring; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Probability distribution; Robustness; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Holey Fibers and Photonic Crystals/Polarization Mode Dispersion/Photonics Time/Frequency Measurement and Control, 2003 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7982-9
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224290
