PMD second-order effects on pulse propagation in single-mode optical fibers

The time-space varying birefringence in single-mode optical fibers causes the polarization mode dispersion (PMD) to be a serious problem in high bit-rate transmissions. The PMD first- and second-order statistics are well known in the literature, but second-order PMD-induced pulse distortions have st...

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Published inIEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 10; no. 12; pp. 1739 - 1741
Main Authors Francia, C., Bruyere, F., Penninckx, D., Chbat, M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published IEEE 01.12.1998
Subjects
Birefringence
Optical distortion
Optical fibers
Optical propagation
Optical pulse shaping
Optical pulses
Polarization mode dispersion
Shape
Statistics
Time factors
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Summary:The time-space varying birefringence in single-mode optical fibers causes the polarization mode dispersion (PMD) to be a serious problem in high bit-rate transmissions. The PMD first- and second-order statistics are well known in the literature, but second-order PMD-induced pulse distortions have still to be clarified for sequences of pulses of arbitrary shape. We give, for the first time, the exact PMD time impulse response, up to second order. We show, both numerically and experimentally, that the effect of the rotation of the principal states of polarization (PSP) is to generate power overshoots on the "1" and "0" bit sequences.
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ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/68.730487