DocumentCode
378497
Title
WDM redundancy to counteract PMD effects in optical systems
Author
Penninckx, Denis ; Lanne, Stéphanie ; Bülow, Henning
Author_Institution
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis, France
Volume
3
fYear
2001
fDate
2001
Firstpage
444
Abstract
We show that the WDM resource can be used to increase the tolerance towards PMD (polarization mode dispersion). We furthermore estimate the improvement of two main schemes: M:N protection and FEC spread over a WDM comb.
Keywords
forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; redundancy; wavelength division multiplexing; FEC spread; M:N protection; PMD effects; WDM redundancy; bit-rate transmission systems; optical fibers; optical systems; polarization mode dispersion; tolerance; Bandwidth; Delay; Forward error correction; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Protection; Redundancy; Technological innovation; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN
0-7803-6705-7
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989707
Filename
989707
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