Title :
WDM system impairments due to highly-correlated PMD spectra of buried optical cables
Author :
Caponi, R. ; Riposati, B. ; Rossaro, A. ; Schiano, M.
Author_Institution :
Telecom Italia Lab., Torino, Italy
fDate :
7/4/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Repeated polarisation mode dispersion measurements on a buried cable show a strong correlation between differential group delay spectra measured at 24 h intervals. Based on experimental data, the mean outage rate and time are calculated
Keywords :
optical cables; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM system; buried optical cable; differential group delay spectra; outage rate; polarisation mode dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20020471
