Study of polarization driven Q fluctuations on deployed undersea fiber systems

Alexei N. Pilipetskii,L.J. Richardson,Ekaterina A. Golovchenko,Alan J. Lucero,Carl R. Davidson

Study of polarization driven Q fluctuations on deployed undersea fiber systems

2005

Alexei N. Pilipetskii
L.J. Richardson
Ekaterina A. Golovchenko
Alan J. Lucero
Carl R. Davidson

We use a simple model to analyze the polarization driven performance fluctuations in an optical transmission system. The model shows good agreement with data accumulated over a long period of time on deployed systems.

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Q factor
Repeater
Physical optics
Transmission system
Bit error rate
Polarization (waves)
Electronic engineering
Optics
Physics
Wavelength-division multiplexing
Nonlinear optics

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