Adaptive PMD compensation for 170 Gbit/s RZ transmission systems with alternating polarisation

Michael Schmidt,Martin Witte,Fred Buchali,E. Lach,Henning Bülow

Adaptive PMD compensation for 170 Gbit/s RZ transmission systems with alternating polarisation

2005

Michael Schmidt
Martin Witte
Fred Buchali
E. Lach
Henning Bülow

We report on adaptive PMD (polarisation mode dispersion) compensation in a 170 Gbit/s RZ transmission system with alternating polarisation. The PMD tolerance is significantly improved using an asymmetric rather than symmetric setup of the two-stage PMD compensator.

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Gigabit
Transmission system
Electronic engineering
Dispersion (optics)
Polarization (waves)
Bit error rate
Polarization mode dispersion
Engineering
Optics
Wavelength-division multiplexing
optical polarization

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