Title :
Effect of Nonlinearities on PMD
Author :
Boroditsky, Misha ; Bourd, Marianna ; Tur, Moshe
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs., Middletown, NJ
Abstract :
We show experimentally and theoretically that the magnitude and direction of the polarization mode dispersion (PMD) vector of a WDM channel is significantly affected by nonlinear polarization crosstalk from neighboring channels within the PMD correlation bandwidth. We use our model to estimate the effect the nonlinear interactions may have on the PMD-induced penalty
Keywords :
nonlinear optics; optical crosstalk; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM channel; correlation bandwidth; nonlinear interactions; nonlinear polarization crosstalk; optical nonlinearities; polarization mode dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber polarization; Optical packet switching; Optical pumping; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength measurement; Nonlinear optical effects system performance; optical fiber communications; polarimetry; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2006.884184
