Influence of polarisation mode dispersion on the effect of cross phase modulation in optical WDM transmission

Author

Hanik, N.

Author_Institution

Technische Univ. Munchen, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

2004

fDate

4-8 July 2004

Firstpage

190

Abstract

In optical wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) transmission, nonlinear coupling of co-propagating modulated light waves due to cross phase modulation (XPM) is one of the main sources of signal degradation. The strength of the XPM effect, in turn, is strongly influenced by the evolution of light-polarisations of the WDM-carriers. In this contribution, physical models that numerically evaluate system degradation due to XPM, assuming various scenarios of the evolution of light polarisations, are introduced and applied to WDM transmission in an optimised optical link. Finally these system simulations are compared to re-circulating loop experiments.

Keywords

light polarisation; light propagation; light transmission; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; phase modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; XPM; co-propagating modulated light waves; cross phase modulation; light-polarisations; nonlinear coupling; optical WDM transmission; optimised optical link; polarisation mode dispersion; re-circulating loop; signal degradation; wavelength-division multiplexing; Degradation; Nonlinear optics; Numerical models; Optical coupling; Optical fiber communication; Optical modulation; Optical polarization; Phase modulation; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2004. Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8343-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2004.1360274

Filename

1360274