Abstract

The interplay between amplified spontaneous emission noise and Kerr nonlinearity is shown to produce significant depolarization of light in long-haul transmission links operating close to zero dispersion. If polarization mode dispersion is neglected, a simple analytical theory predicts the length scale over which depolarization occurs. The analytical theory is compared with computer simulations, which also permit analysis of the case in which polarization mode dispersion is included.

© 1995 Optical Society of America

Compensation of polarization mode dispersion by means of the Kerr effect for nonreturn-to-zero signals

F. Matera and M. Settembre
Opt. Lett. 20(1) 28-30 (1995)

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J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 11(3) 462-469 (1994)

Nonlinear compensation of chromatic dispersion for phase- and intensity-modulated signals in the presence of amplified spontaneous emission noise

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Opt. Lett. 19(16) 1198-1200 (1994)

Analytical theory of guiding-center nonreturn-to-zero and return-to-zero signal transmission in normally dispersive nonlinear optical fibers

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Opt. Lett. 20(22) 2291-2293 (1995)

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