Interplay between PDL and nonlinear effects in coherent polarization multiplexed systems

doi:10.1364/OE.19.00B357

Optics Express

Editor: C. Martijn de Sterke
Vol. 19, Iss. 26 — Dec. 12, 2011
pp: B357–B362

Interplay between PDL and nonlinear effects in coherent polarization multiplexed systems

Olga Vassilieva, Inwoong Kim, Youichi Akasaka, Martin Bouda, and Motoyoshi Sekiya »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 19, Issue 26, pp. B357-B362 (2011)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.19.00B357

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Abstract

We analyzed the mechanism of the interplay between PDL and fiber nonlinear effects in 112Gb/s DP-QPSK systems and showed that PDL can generate large data-dependent optical peak power variations that can worsen nonlinear tolerance and cause an additional 1.4dB Q-penalty.

OCIS Codes
(060.1660) Fiber optics and optical communications : Coherent communications
(060.2330) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber optics communications
(260.5430) Physical optics : Polarization

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Transmission Systems and Network Elements

History
Original Manuscript: September 30, 2011
Manuscript Accepted: October 30, 2011
Published: November 18, 2011

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European Conference on Optical Communication 2011 (2011) Optics Express

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Olga Vassilieva, Inwoong Kim, Youichi Akasaka, Martin Bouda, and Motoyoshi Sekiya, "Interplay between PDL and nonlinear effects in coherent polarization multiplexed systems," Opt. Express 19, B357-B362 (2011)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-19-26-B357

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O. Vassilieva, T. Hoshida, X. Wang, J. Rasmussen, H. Miyata, and T. Naito, “Impact of Polarization Dependent Loss and Cross-Phase Modulation on Polarization Multiplexed DQPSK Signals,” in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Optical Fiber Communications (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, San Diego, 2008), paper OThU6 (2008).
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C. Xie, “Polarization-Dependent Loss Induced Penalties in PDM-QPSK Coherent Optical Communication Systems,” in Proceedings of IEEE Conference on Optical Fiber Communications (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, San Diego, 2010), paper OWE6 (2010).
O. Vassilieva, I. Kim, and T. Naito, “Systematic Investigation of Interplay between Nonlinear and Polarization Dependent Loss Effects in Coherent Polarization Multiplexed Systems,” in Proceedings of ECOC’2010, Torino, Italy, paper P4.08 (2010).
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