Title :
PMD and PDL tolerance of polarization division multiplexed signals with direct detection
Author :
Wang, Zinan ; Xie, Chongjin
Author_Institution :
Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing
Abstract :
The PMD tolerance of a polarization-division-multiplexed signal with direct detection depends on the signal bandwidth and time alignment between channels, and PDL impairments are affected by the polarization demultiplexing configuration.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; optical fibre communication; optical signal detection; wavelength division multiplexing; direct detection; fiber-optic communication systems; polarization dependent loss tolerance; polarization division multiplexed signals; signal bandwidth; wavelength division multiplexing; Demultiplexing; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Page description languages; Signal detection; Signal to noise ratio;
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.2008.4729355
