Title :
Measurement of PMD using the time-domain evolution of the Stokes vector
Author :
Anderson, T. ; Chen, S. ; Hewitt, D. ; Tran, A. ; Beaman, D. ; Ferra, H. ; Morgan, T.
Author_Institution :
Victoria Res. Lab., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate a PMD measurement technique for 10-Gbit/s signals using time domain evolution of Stokes vector with a low sampling-rate coherent receiver. An accuracy of 2ps DGD is achieved over 0 to 25 ps.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical receivers; Stokes vector; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; low sampling rate coherent receiver; polarization mode dispersion measurement; time-domain evolution; Chirp; Monitoring; Receivers; Time domain analysis; Time measurement; Trajectory; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2012 17th
Conference_Location :
Busan
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0976-9
Electronic_ISBN :
2166-8884
DOI :
10.1109/OECC.2012.6276515
