Abstract
We experimentally and numerically compare the statistics of power fading for DSB and SSB subcarrier-multiplexed signals under high PMD conditions (average DGD ~40 ps) with and without dynamic first-order PMD compensation. We find that both SSB-SCM and DSB-SCM signals exhibit similar sensitivity to PMD-induced power fading. First-order compensation reduces the worst case fading penalty by ~20 dB.
© 2001 Optical Society of America
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