Title :
Mitigation of polarization-mode dispersion in multichannel lightwave transmission systems
Author :
Xie, Chongjin ; Liu, Xiang
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We propose a novel polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) compensation scheme for wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) systems, in which many WDM channels share one or a few PMD compensators at receiver site. It is shown, both analytically and numerically, that this scheme can achieve virtually the same performance as that using per-channel-based PMD compensation.
Keywords :
compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical receivers; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; PMD compensators; WDM channels; multichannel lightwave transmission; polarization-mode dispersion; receiver site; wavelength-division-multiplexing systems; Bit rate; Degradation; Delay estimation; Frequency estimation; Optical devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Polarization mode dispersion; System performance; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.814877
