DocumentCode
2299043
Title
Noise enhancement caused by polarization dependent loss and the effect of dynamic gain equalizers
Author
Shtaif, Mark ; Mecozzi, Antonio ; Tkach, R.W.
Author_Institution
Celion Networks, Tinton Falls, NJ, USA
fYear
2002
fDate
17-22 Mar 2002
Firstpage
48
Lastpage
50
Abstract
We have shown that in cases where polarisation dependent loss (PDL) induced SNR penalties are significant, the signal to noise ratio degradation is dominated by the coupling of orthogonal noise into the polarization of the signal. As a result only a small number of dynamic gain equalisers (DGEs) is effective in mitigating PDL related degradation in performance.
Keywords
equalisers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; SNR penalties; dynamic gain equalizers; noise enhancement; orthogonal noise; polarization dependent loss; signal to noise ratio degradation; Attenuation; Degradation; Equalizers; Noise generators; Optical losses; Optical noise; Page description languages; Polarization; Signal processing; Signal to noise ratio;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN
1-55752-701-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036195
Filename
1036195
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