• DocumentCode
    338480
  • Title

    Limitation of optical first-order PMD compensation

  • Author

    Bulow, H.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel Corp. Res. Center, Stuttgart, Germany
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    21-26 Feb. 1999
  • Firstpage
    74
  • Abstract
    A new theoretical model exhibits that first-order polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) compensation extends the maximum acceptable PMD to 0.35 times the bit period T. At 10 gbit/s chromatic dispersion of 850 ps/nm (50 km SMF) reduces this PMD limit to 0.29 T.
  • Keywords
    compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; 10 Gbit/s; chromatic dispersion; first-order polarization mode dispersion compensation; single-mode optical fiber; Birefringence; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Chromatic dispersion; Delay; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Polarization mode dispersion; Space vector pulse width modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-582-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.1999.766340
  • Filename
    766340