ISSUES ON POLARIZATION MODE DISPERSION (PMD) FOR HIGH SPEED FIBER OPTICS TRANSMISSION

In this paper, the analysis of the first and second order PMD characteristics is presented. It is found that a pulse spread of up to 15% of the pulse width is allowed depending on the receiver sensitivity penalty tolerated the system. PMD measurement is also discussed considering Interferometric, Jones- Matrix Eigen analysis (JME) and Fixed Analyzer techniques, from the perspective of field and laboratory applications. A simulation based on realistic parameters of a fiber optic link is performed and the results show that at a 40 Gbp transmission rate, a fiber optic with a PMD coefficient of 0.5 ps/(km), 1/2 can only support up to a 10 km distance.

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