C. Allen, P.K. Kondamuri, D.L. Richards, and D.C. Hague (USA)
Signal degradation due to polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) effects may become significant for signaling rates of 10 Gb/s, 40 Gb/s, and beyond. As expected, statistical analysis of variations in differential group delay (DGD) indicate that excursions from the mean DGD by factors of 3.7 or higher have very low probability. Temporal and spectral measurements of DGD were made on 95 km of buried standard SMF over an 86 day period to determine the distribution and rate of change of high DGD events. A drift time of about 3.4 days was found. The DGD data agree well with results of similar experiments reported in the literature. Coupling the drift time characteristic with the statistical behavior of DGD, we conclude that high-DGD episodes will be exceedingly rare and short lived. The impact of PMD on network operators is explored. Approaches are reviewed for network operators tasked with transporting high bit rate channels over fiber links with known PMD characteristics.
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