• DocumentCode
    1935195
  • Title

    PMD in optical communication systems

  • Author

    Willner, A.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    14-16 July 2003
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2003.1224290
  • Filename
    1224290