Title :
Pulse distortion induced by combined effects of PMD and PDL in optical transmission systems
Author :
Xie, Chao ; Mollenauer, L. ; Moller, L.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
The combined effects of PMD and PDL on pulse broadening are studied. We show that PDL considerably reduces the efficiency of PMD compensation, due to increased higher order PMD in the presence of PDL.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical distortion; optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; PDL; PMD compensation; optical transmission systems; pulse broadening; pulse distortion; High speed optical techniques; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Optical pulses; Page description languages; Polarization mode dispersion; Signal to noise ratio; Space vector pulse width modulation; Time division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247510
