• DocumentCode
    421206
  • Title

    Direct measure of system margin enhancement by polarization scrambling

  • Author

    Davidson, C.R. ; Zhang, H. ; Cai, Y. ; Liu, L. ; Cai, J.X. ; Pilipetskii, A. ; Nissov, M. ; Bergano, Neal S.

  • Author_Institution
    Tyco Telecommun., Eatontown, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    23-27 Feb. 2004
  • Firstpage
    636
  • Abstract
    We have quantified the system margin afforded by polarization scrambling with a direct measurement of the errored events from a noise loaded FEC decoder. We have demonstrated a margin enhancement of 1.2 dB after 8,856 km transmission.
  • Keywords
    decoding; error statistics; forward error correction; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical noise; 8856 km; errored events measurement; noise loaded FEC decoder; polarization scrambling; system margin enhancement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-772-5
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1359602