The Effect of PDL in a Polarization and Time Division Multiplexed Scheme for All-Optical Class of Service Segregation

Author

Tuft, Vegard L. ; Hjelme, Dag R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Telecommun., Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim

Volume

3

fYear

2006

fDate

38869

Firstpage

91

Lastpage

96

Abstract

We investigate the impact of polarization dependent loss (PDL) in a polarization and time division multiplexed scheme for all-optical class of service segregation. Using orthogonal states of polarization, a packet switched quality of service class shares the wavelength of a circuit switched class. PDL-induced power penalty, in terms of dynamic power fluctuations and crosstalk, is quantified for a single wavelength channel in a metro area network. Unlike traditional polarization multiplexing, the method is not subject to coherent crosstalk. This increases tolerance towards orthogonality degradation, and the power penalty due to PDL is comparable to that of a conventional non-polarization multiplexed system

Keywords

circuit switching; light polarisation; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; packet switching; quality of service; PDL-induced power penalty; circuit switched class; crosstalk; dynamic power fluctuations; metro area network; packet switched quality of service; polarization dependent loss; polarization multiplexing; service segregation all-optical class; time division multiplexed scheme; wavelength channel; Crosstalk; Degradation; Optical buffering; Optical fiber polarization; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; Page description languages; Quality of service; Switching circuits; Time division multiplexing; crosstalk; hybrid network; orthogonality; polarization dependent loss; polarization multiplexing; quality of service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nottingham

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0235-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0236-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2006.248408

Filename

4013805