Title :
Impact of the polarization mode dispersion on a field demonstration of 40 Gbit/s soliton transmission over 500 km
Author :
Matera, F. ; Settembre, M. ; Tamburrini, M. ; Favre, F. ; Le Guen, D. ; Georges, T. ; Henry, M. ; Michaud, G. ; Franco, P. ; Schiffini, A. ; Romagnoli, M. ; Corsini, R. ; Gugliemucci, M. ; Cascelli, S.
Author_Institution :
Fondazione Ugo Bordoni, Rome, Italy
Abstract :
40-Gbit/s single-wavelength alternate polarization soliton field experiment was performed on a dispersion-shifted fiber installed cable 500 km long. Comparison with an equivalent fiber installed in laboratory showed that the main impairment was due to the polarization-mode dispersion.
Keywords :
optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical solitons; 40 Gbit/s; 500 km; Gbit/s single-wavelength alternate polarization soliton field experiment; Gbit/s soliton transmission; dispersion-shifted fiber installed cable; equivalent fiber; field demonstration; laboratory; polarization mode dispersion; polarization-mode dispersion; Fluctuations; Optical polarization; Optical pulse generation; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion; Pulse amplifiers; Q factor; Solitons; Wavelength measurement;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.768080
