Differential polarization time coding for PolDM systems without PMD compensator

Author

Pan, Chunpo ; Kschischang, Frank R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

fYear

2010

fDate

12-14 May 2010

Firstpage

242

Lastpage

245

Abstract

Polarization division multiplexed (PolDM) systems have become a popular research field in modern fiber-optic communication systems due to their potential of doubling the spectral efficiency. However, polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is a major obstacle for PolDM systems, especially in long-haul applications. Existing techniques used to compensate for PMD are complicated and expensive to build. We propose a new differential polarization time coding (DPTC) scheme for PolDM systems, which is similar to differential space time coding (DSTC) schemes in wireless systems. Simulation results with optical distance of 2000 km show that DPTC can increase the PMD tolerance significantly with little added complexity.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; polarisation; space-time codes; wavelength division multiplexing; PMD tolerance; PolDM systems; differential polarization time coding; differential space time coding schemes; fiber-optic communication systems; polarization mode dispersion; spectral efficiency; wavelength-division multiplexed systems; wireless systems; Bandwidth; Hardware; Optical feedback; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications (QBSC), 2010 25th Biennial Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kingston, ON

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5709-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/BSC.2010.5472930

Filename

5472930