Title :
Polarisation effects in long-haul optically amplified lightwave systems
Author :
Morkel, P.R. ; Haxell, I.A. ; Taylor, M.G. ; Keys, R.
Author_Institution :
STC Submarine Syst., London, UK
Abstract :
Long-haul optically amplified lightwave systems show performance degradation due to polarisation effects in the line. These include polarisation dependent gain in erbium-doped fibre amplifiers (PDG), polarisation dependent loss in passive components (PDL) and polarisation mode dispersion in the transmission fibre (PMD). We show experimental and simulation data indicating how the polarisation effects impact system performance and how polarisation scrambling at the transmitter acts to minimise the polarisation-induced penalties
Keywords :
cryptography; fibre lasers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical transmitters; erbium-doped fibre amplifiers; experimental data; long-haul optically amplified lightwave systems; passive components; performance degradation; polarisation dependent gain; polarisation dependent loss; polarisation effects; polarisation induced penalties; polarisation mode dispersion; polarisation scrambling; simulation data; system performance; transmission fibre; transmitter; Degradation; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical transmitters; Page description languages; Propagation losses; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1995. ICC '95 Seattle, 'Gateway to Globalization', 1995 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2486-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1995.525241
