Limitations imposed by polarization-dependent gain and loss on all-optical ultralong communication systems

Author

Lichtman, Eyal

Author_Institution

ECI Telecom, Petah-Tikva, Israel

Volume

13

Issue

5

fYear

1995

fDate

5/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

906

Lastpage

913

Abstract

The performance degradation of an all-optical ultralong system due to polarization dependent loss and polarization dependent gain is analytically analyzed. In particular, both the mean and the standard deviation of the performance are calculated. The analytical predictions are compared against a computer simulator, which includes the effects of nonlinearity and polarization mode dispersion. The result show that polarization dependent gain is the major source of degradation for the mean performance, while both polarization dependent loss and gain affect the standard deviation from the mean performance. Finally, the performance improvement due to polarization scrambling is evaluated

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical fibre theory; statistical analysis; all-optical ultralong communication systems; computer simulator; mean performance; nonlinearity; performance degradation; performance improvement; polarization mode dispersion; polarization scrambling; polarization-dependent gain; polarization-dependent loss; standard deviation; Analytical models; Degradation; Optical noise; Optical polarization; Page description languages; Performance analysis; Performance gain; Performance loss; Signal to noise ratio; System performance;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.387808

Filename

387808