Abstract

It is well known that cross-phase-modulation-induced polarization rotation, cross-polarization modulation (XPolM), significantly degrades the performance of polarization-mode-dispersion (PMD) compensators. In this paper, the research on XPolM is reviewed, unique simulations of XPolM in the presence of walk off are presented, and some pitfalls are demonstrated with respect to choice of data streams in such simulations. Then, the authors discuss how XPolM affects PMD and PMD-induced outage probabilities (OP) in fiber-communication systems by providing analytical formulas for the OP with and without XPolM. Finally, the XPolM and PMD compensation are tied together by giving simple rules of thumb for when XPolM degrades PMD compensated systems, and PMD mitigation methods that are robust to XPolM are discussed.

© 2006 IEEE

Impact of nonlinear and polarization effects in coherent systems

Chongjin Xie
Opt. Express 19(26) B915-B930 (2011)

Influence of polarization state, baud rate and PMD on non-linear impairments in WDM systems with mixed PM (D)QPSK and OOK channels

Mohsan Niaz Chughtai, Marco Forzati, Jonas Mårtensson, and Danish Rafique
Opt. Express 20(7) 8155-8160 (2012)

Nonlinear signal-noise interactions in dispersion managed coherent PM-QPSK systems in the presence of PMD

Xiaogang Yi, Jian Wu, Yan Li, Wei Li, Xiaobin Hong, Hongxiang Guo, Yong Zuo, and Jintong Lin
Opt. Express 20(25) 27596-27602 (2012)

Pump RIN-induced impairments in unrepeatered transmission systems using distributed Raman amplifier

Jingchi Cheng, Ming Tang, Alan Pak Tao Lau, Chao Lu, Liang Wang, Zhenhua Dong, Syed Muhammad Bilal, Songnian Fu, Perry Ping Shum, and Deming Liu
Opt. Express 23(9) 11838-11854 (2015)

Analysis and experimental demonstration of novel 8PolSK-QPSK modulation at 5 bits/symbol for passive mitigation of nonlinear impairments

Mathieu Chagnon, Mohamed Osman, Qunbi Zhuge, Xian Xu, and David V. Plant
Opt. Express 21(25) 30204-30220 (2013)