DocumentCode
515862
Title
Polarization-dependent loss induced penalties in PDM-QPSK coherent optical communication systems
Author
Xie, Chongjin
Author_Institution
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
21-25 March 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We evaluate PDL-induced penalties in PDM-QPSK coherent systems with both lumped model and distributed model. We find the lumped model significantly over-estimates PDL penalties and PDM coherent systems can tolerate more PDL than single-polarization systems.
Keywords
multiplexing equipment; optical modulation; quadrature phase shift keying; PDM-QPSK coherent optical communication systems; distributed model; lumped model; polarization-dependent loss induced penalties; polarization-division-multiplexed optical coherent systems; single-polarization systems; Bit error rate; Digital signal processing; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Page description languages;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-884-1
Type
conf
Filename
5465573
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