Title :
BER measurements of a 40Gb/s receiver with adaptive threshold using polarization scrambling
Author :
Haunstein, H.F. ; Schlenk, R. ; Kallert, H.M. ; Pauli, V.A.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Network Syst. GmbH, Nuremberg, Germany
Abstract :
Polarization scrambling is proposed to quantify the penalties of polarization dependent effects in optical receivers. The results will be dependent on the relative speed of the polarization changes and the control circuits in the receiver.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre polarisation; optical receivers; 40 Gb/s receiver; 40 Gbit/s; BER measurements; adaptive threshold; control circuits; optical receivers; optical transmission; polarization dependent effects; polarization scrambling; Bandwidth; Bit error rate; Circuits; Control systems; Distortion measurement; Forward error correction; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Velocity measurement;
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.2003.1224297
