Title :
Experimental comparison of feedback signals for monitoring polarization mode dispersion
Author :
Cornick, Kate E. ; Dods, Sarah D. ; Boroditsky, Misha ; Farrell, Peter M.
Author_Institution :
Victorian Res. Lab., Melbourne Univ., Melbourne, VIC
Abstract :
We experimentally compare four PMD monitoring signals for systems with and without forward error correction and show that the recently proposed string length technique compares favorably to other methods, and is also independent of OSNR.
Keywords :
forward error correction; light polarisation; optical dispersion; OSNR; feedback signals; forward error correction; polarization mode dispersion monitoring; Bit error rate; Monitoring; Optical attenuators; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Polarization mode dispersion; Radio frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology/Australian Optical Society, 2006. ACOFT/AOS 2006. Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
Print_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-9775657-1-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACOFT.2006.4519306
