Comparison of different modulation formats for polarization mode dispersion compensators

Huaiyi Wu; Lin Chen; Shuangchun Wen

doi:10.1117/12.688894

21 September 2006 Comparison of different modulation formats for polarization mode dispersion compensators

Huaiyi Wu, Lin Chen, Shuangchun Wen

Proceedings Volume 6353, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems IV; 63530W (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.688894
Event: Asia-Pacific Optical Communications, 2006, Gwangju, South Korea

Abstract

We propose a polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensation scheme for wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) system, in which two WDM channels share one PMD compensator at the receiver site. The effect of different modulation formats on multi-stage PMD compensators is studied and compared by numerical simulations in 40-Gb/s WDM optical fiber communication system. The degree of polarization (DOP) of single state of polarization (SOP) optical signal is used as the feedback signal in PMD compensators. The particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is used as the searching algorithm in WDM systems. The compensated DOP values of return-to-zero (RZ) format and nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) format by multi-stage PMD compensators have been increased distinctly compared to the corresponding cases without compensation. It is shown that the PSO algorithm is implemented successfully in adaptive multi-stage PMD compensation in a 40-Gb/s optical WDM system. The compensated eye diagrams for the two channels by multi-stage PMD compensators indicate that the three-stage PMD compensator which eliminates the influence of second-order PMD completely in WDM system takes the best efficiency in the multi-stage PMD compensators for RZ format and NRZ format.

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Huaiyi Wu, Lin Chen, and Shuangchun Wen "Comparison of different modulation formats for polarization mode dispersion compensators", Proc. SPIE 6353, Optical Transmission, Switching, and Subsystems IV, 63530W (21 September 2006); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.688894

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