Polarization mode dispersion and phase noise effects in optical OFDM links

Author

Fekete, Gabor ; Berceli, Tibor

Author_Institution

Dept. of Broadband Infocommunications & Electromagn. Theor., Budapest Univ. of Technol. & Econ., Budapest, Hungary

fYear

2014

fDate

16-18 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is one of the main limitation factors in high speed optical communication systems. Because of its statistical behavior it cannot be fully controlled like the chromatic dispersion. In this paper we show how the PMD distorts the signal and we give a simple method to minimize the distortion. Not only the PMD but also the linewidth of the laser distorts the signal. The proposed PMD minimization method is based on the contribution of the lasers, therefore it is important to determine the distortion caused by the lasers.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; optical distortion; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical links; phase noise; PMD minimization method; chromatic dispersion; lasers; optical OFDM links; optical communication systems; phase noise effects; polarization mode dispersion; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; OFDM; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Receivers; PMD; laser phase noise; nonlinearity; optical OFDM; polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwaves, Radar, and Wireless Communication (MIKON), 2014 20th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Gdansk

Print_ISBN

978-617-607-553-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MIKON.2014.6899920

Filename

6899920