Title :
Partially coherent Rayleigh noise in forward error corrected optical links
Author :
Radic, S. ; Chandrasekhar, C. ; Vukovic, N. ; Velingker, A.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
System impairments due to partially coherent Rayleigh backscattering is studied in a forward error corrected transmission scheme. We find that the signal coherence and polarization influences the FEC performance strongly.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; forward error correction; light coherence; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; FEC; Rayleigh backscattering; forward error correction; optical links system; partially coherent Rayleigh noise; polarization; signal coherence; Autocorrelation; Bit error rate; Decorrelation; Delay; Error correction; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical noise; Polarization; Signal to noise ratio;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248390
