Title :
Impact of nonlinear impairments on the tolerance to PMD of 100Gb/s PDM-QPSK data processed in a coherent receiver
Author :
Pardo, O. Bertran ; Renaudier, J. ; Charlet, G. ; Tran, P. ; Mardoyan, H. ; Salsi, M. ; Bigo, S.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay
Abstract :
The tolerance to PMD of 100 Gb/s PDM-QPSK systems is investigated in linear and nonlinear regime. Experimental results show that nonlinear effects decrease the robustness of the system against PMD.
Keywords :
electromagnetic wave polarisation; optical receivers; phase shift keying; wavelength division multiplexing; PDM-QPSK system; bit rate 100 Gbit/s; coherent receiver; nonlinear effects; nonlinear impairment; polarisation division multiplexing; quaternary phase shift keying; Digital signal processing; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Quadrature phase shift keying;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729354
