Title :
Experimental evaluation of the effect of polarization scrambling speed on the performance of PMD mitigation using FEC
Author :
Li, Zhihong ; Mo, Jinyu ; Dong, Yi ; Wang, Yixin ; Lu, Chao
Author_Institution :
Inst. for Infocomm Res., Nanyang, Singapore
Abstract :
Evaluation of the effect of polarization scrambling speed on PMD mitigation using FEC was carried out experimentally. It was found that the polarization scrambling speed could severely affect the performance of FEC.
Keywords :
forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; FEC; PMD mitigation; forward error correction; polarization mode dispersion; polarization scrambling speed;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
