Polarization division multiplexing (PolDM) is a promising way to improve the spectral efficiency of fiber-optic communication systems. However, PolDM systems suffer greatly from polarization mode dispersion (PMD), especially in long-haul systems. PMD is time-varying and is intrinsically hard to compensate. Current PMD compensators are complicated and expensive to build, adding to the cost and complexity of practical PolDM systems. We propose a new differential polarization time coding scheme combined with controlled polarization rotation to increase the system tolerance to PMD. An encoding algorithm, a differential receiver design, and a decoding algorithm are described in detail. Controlled polarization rotation is achievable using conventional Mach-Zehnder interferometers that are used to modulate the signal. Simulation results show that significant improvement in PMD tolerance can be achieved with little added complexity. Given a certain transmission distance, our proposed system can also increase the achievable data rate compared to a PolDM differential quadrature phase shift keying system.

I examine two methods for modeling the temporal dynamics of optical communication networks that rapidly and accurately simulate the statistics of unlikely but physically significant system configurations. First, I implement a fiber emulator based upon a random uniform walk over the Poincaré sphere that reproduces the expected polarization temporal autocorrelation statistics with a small number of emulator sections. While easy to implement numerically, the increased computational efficiency afforded by this approach allow simulations of the PMD temporal dynamics to be preferentially biased towards regions of low probability using standard multicanonical methods for the first time. Then, in a subsequent study, I present a general transition matrix formalism that additionally applies to other time-dependent communication systems. I compare the numerical accuracy of several transition matrix sampling techniques and show that straightforward modifications of the acceptance rule can significantly increase computational efficiency if the numerical parameters are chosen to ensure a small self-transition probability within each discretized histogram bin. The general applicability of the transition matrix method is then demonstrated by calculating the outage dynamics associated with the hinge model of polarization evolution and, separately, fading in wireless communication channels. Further, I develop a Magnus expansion formalism for the rapid and accurate estimation of the frequency dynamics of optical polarization that extends the work of Ref.[94] to systems with PMD and PDL. My approach reproduces the power-series expansion and differential equation solution techniques of previous authors while also preserving the required symmetries of the exact solution in every expansion order. This significantly improves the bandwidth of high estimation accuracy, making this method well-suited to the stochastic analysis of PMD and PDL induced system penalty while also yielding physically realizable operator expansions applicable to the joint compensation of PMD and PDL. Finally, I employ high-speed polarimetery to demonstrate experimentally that low-amplitude mechanical excitations of commercially available dispersion compensation modules can excite high-frequency, > 75,000 rotations/s, polarization transients that are nearly invariant between successive measurements. I extend this procedure to measurements of the transient evolution of PMD.

Thesis is divided into two parts. The first part is written rather in theoretical way. It deals with general formation of the dispersion mathematically and verbally. It focuses on the chromatic and polarization mode dispersion. Different types of optical fibers for category G.65X are mentioned as well in connection with the ITU-T. Further attention is drawn first to compensation and then the measurement both of the mentioned dispersions. The thesis describes also analyzers and their main features. The second part is devoted to practical measurements of polarization mode dispersion. In the beginning there are described the components used for construction of the optical measurements and topologies. It is followed by an analysis of an each optical link. The results of these measurement methods and their mutual comparisons are at the end of this section. Measurements in temperature chamber is the subject of a further practical part, which from the beginning captures the essential features of the temperature chamber. This is followed by a description of the measurements, analyses and final valuation depending on the amount of polarization mode dispersion versus the temperature.

Η παρούσα διατριβή εστιάζεται σε οπτικά τηλεπικοινωνιακά συστήματα με σύμφωνο δέκτη, τετραδική διαμόρφωση φάσης και πολύπλεξη κατά πόλωση. Το κυριότερο πλεονέκτημα αυτών των συστημάτων σε σύγκριση με τα συμβατικά οπτικά τηλεπικοινωνιακά συστήματα με δέκτες άμεσης φώρασης είναι οι αυξημένες δυνατότητες ψηφιακής επεξεργασίας σήματος στο δέκτη, που καθιστά εφικτή την εξίσωση των φαινομένων διάδοσης και την αποπολύπλεξη πόλωσης με ηλεκτρονικά μέσα. Μελετώνται διατάξεις ηλεκτρονικής επεξεργασίας σήματος. Η μελέτη διεξάγεται με χρήση προσομοίωσης με τη βοήθεια ηλεκτρονικού υπολογιστή. Προτείνεται η χρήση δύο πρωτότυπων μεθόδων αποπολύπλεξης σημάτων πολυπλεγμένων κατά πόλωση, με πλεονεκτήματα ως προς την απόδοση, την αξιοπιστία και την ταχύτητα σύγκλισης σε σύγκριση με τις μεθόδους που έχουν προταθεί στη βιβλιογραφία Στη συνέχεια μελετάται η απόδοση των ηλεκτρονικών εξισωτών ελαχίστου μέσου τετραγώνου (least-mean square) και σταθερής περιβάλλουσας (constant modulus algorithm) στην εξίσωση της χρωματικής διασποράς και της διασποράς τρόπων πόλωσης, τόσο μεμονωμένα, όσο και από κοινού. Στη μελέτη μας συμπεριλαμβάνουμε το θόρυβο φάσης και την ενδιάμεση συχνότητα, αίροντας αντίστοιχες απλοποιήσεις που συνήθως γίνονται στη βιβλιογραφία. Ακολούθως αναφερόμαστε στο πρόβλημα του εκφυλισμού του πίνακα συντελεστών των εξισωτών ελαχίστου μέσου τετραγώνου και σταθερής περιβάλλουσας παρουσία έντονης διεξασθένησης. O πίνακας συντελεστών στον οποίο έχει συγκλίνει ο εξισωτής ονομάζεται εκφυλισμένος όταν παράγεται η ίδια απεσταλμένη ακολουθία συμβόλων και στις δύο εξόδους του εξισωτή. Προτείνουμε τη χρήση του πολυχρηστικού εξισωτή σταθερής περιβάλλουσας (multiuser constant modulus algorithm equalizer). Η λύση που προτείνεται έχει πλεονεκτήματα αξιοπιστίας και απλότητας σε σχέση με αντίστοιχες προτάσεις στη βιβλιογραφία, και αποδεικνύεται η άριστη απόδοσή της. Στη συνέχεια, γίνεται αναφορά στο φαινόμενο της ανισοσταθμίας ορθογωνιότητας που παρατηρείται στα οπτικά συστήματα με σύμφωνους δέκτες και αποτελεί ένα φαινόμενο το οποίο, κατά κανόνα, παραβλέπεται στις μελέτες της βιβλιογραφίας και αποδεικνύεται το ότι οι συμβατικοί ηλεκτρονικοί εξισωτές δεν μπορούν να το αντιμετωπίσουν. Τέλος, παραθέτουμε αποτελέσματα από την επεξεργασία πραγματικών πειραματικών δεδομένων, για την επαλήθευση των συμπερασμάτων που προέκυψαν θεωρητικά. / This PhD dissertation focuses on optical communication systems utilizing coherent receiver, quadrature phase modulation and polarization multiplexing. Their main advantage compared to conventional systems is the ability to perform extended digital signal processing, in order to compensate for transmission effects and to successfully demultiplex polarization multiplexed signals. We study such DSP modules with the help of computer simulations. We propose two novel polarization demultiplexing algorithms, with advantages in performance reliability and convergence speed compared to conventional methods. One of the two methods utilizes training procedure, an approach not yet studied enough in the literature. Next, we study the performance of least mean square and constant modulus algorithm equalizers in mitigating chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion, both separately and in combination. We include in our study phase noise and intermediate frequency offset, without the simplifications usually found in the literature. Next, we address the subject of equalizer degeneration, which describes the phenomenon when both equalizer outputs transmit one of the two polarization multiplexed signals. We propose the use of multi-user constant modulus algorithm, which is an enhanced version of the conventional constant modulus algorithm. We prove that our solution has excellent performance as well as reliability and simplicity advantages compared to other methods. Next, we prove that quadrature imbalance is a ubiquitous phenomenon that cannot be addressed with conventional electronic equalizers and should not be omitted as is often the case. Finally, we present results derived from the application of some of the proposed algorithms on real experimental data, and prove the consistency of the theoretical derived results.

[pt] Neste trabalho é apresentado um estudo do formalismo matemático para a teoria da polarização da luz, da dispersão dos modos de polarização e das perdas dependentes da polarização e de seus efeitos combinados. Medidas experimentais para caracterização dos parâmetros dos dispositivos que compõe a montagem experimental são apresentados, sendo aqui abordadas as técnicas de medida utilizadas. Um novo modelamento teórico para os efeitos combinados da dispersão dos modos de polarização e das perdas dependentes da polarização em sistemas ópticos analógicos é apresentado. Curvas teóricas e experimentais de distorção harmônica em função dos vários parâmetros envolvidos no modelamento comprovam a natureza interferométrica dos fenômenos avaliados. Medidas experimentais comprovam o correto modelamento teórico e demonstram que o modelamento matemático apresentado em [6], não contempla corretamente os fenômenos envolvidos. / [en] In this work is presented a study of mathematical formalism to polarization of light thory, of polarization mode dispersion and polarization dependent loss and of this effects combined. Experimental measurements to characterize the devices of experimental set-up are presented, and the measure technique are mentioned here. A new theorical model to combined effects of polarization mode dispersion and polarization dependent loss is presented. Theorical and experimental curves of hamonic distortion in function of many parameters involved in theorical model prove the interferometric nature of phenomenon. Experimental measurement demonstrate a perfect agreement with modeling developed and prove differences of 5 dB with modeling presented in [6].

Para poder satisfacer la demanda de mayores anchos de banda y los requisitos de los nuevos servicios, se espera que se produzca una evolución de las redes ópticas hacia arquitecturas reconfigurables dinámicamente. Esta evolución subraya la importancia de ofrecer soluciones en la que la escalabilidad y la flexibilidad sean las principales directrices. De acuerdo a estas características, las redes ópticas de conmutación de paquetes (OPS) proporcionan altas capacidades de transmisión, eficiencia en ancho de banda y excelente flexibilidad, además de permitir el procesado de los paquetes directamente en la capa óptica. En este escenario, la solución all-optical label switching (AOLS) resuelve el cuello de botella impuesto por los nodos que realizan el procesado en el dominio eléctrico. A pesar de los progresos en el campo del networking óptico, las redes totalmente ópticas todavía se consideran una solución lejana . Por tanto, es importante desarrollar un escenario de migración factible y gradual desde las actuales redes ópticas basadas en la conmutación de circuitos (OCS). Uno de los objetivos de esta tesis se centra en la propuesta de escenarios de migración basados en redes híbridas que combinan diferentes tecnologías de conmutación. Además, se analiza la arquitectura de una red OPS compuesta de nodos que incorporan nuevas funcionalidades relacionadas con labores de monitorización y esquemas de recuperación. Las redes ópticas permiten mejorar la transparencia de la red, pero a costa de aumentar la complejidad de las tareas de gesión. En este escenario, la monitorización óptica de prestaciones (OPM) surge como una tecnología capaz de facilitar la administración de las redes OPS, en las que cada paquete sigue su propia ruta en la red y sufre un diferente nivel de degradación al llegar a su destino. Aquí reside la importancia de OPM para garantizar los requisitos de calidad de cada paquete. / Vilar Mateo, R. (2010). Optical performance monitoring in optical packet-switched networks [Tesis doctoral no publicada]. Universitat Politècnica de València. https://doi.org/10.4995/Thesis/10251/8926 / Palancia

The work deals with dispersive effects of single mode fibers. We learn about the chromatic dispersion, the main attention is paid to the Polarization Mode Dispersion. We clarify the root cause origin of the Polarization Mode Dispersion describing parameters and its effect on transmitted data. Further on, the works dedicates to measure methods of the Polarization Mode Dispersion which is the interferometric method or the POTDR method. We explain the ways of the PMD removal at contemporary optic routes and options of PMD compensation by using compensators of various types. There is also mentioned the possibility of profiting from the soliton transmission. The last chapter deals with measuring of a real optic route. It includes measured data and its evaluation due to the ITU-T demands.

My graduation thesis is concerned with the effect of polarization mode dispersion on transmitted signal by optical line. It describes external and internal causes of origination of polarization mode dispersion. On the basis of these effects there is a differential group delay (DGD). It is the time delay in meantime within individual modes. DGD results in a time extension of impulsion and limitation of maximum bit rate. This thesis contains localization methods of part of gossamer filament with increased value of PMD by POTDR method. This method is based on the principium of back dispersion and its modifications SOP a DOP. Very important chapter of this thesis is the measurement of the polarization mode dispersion. There are described methods of PMD measurement. It is the interferometric and polarimetric method and the method of state of polarization. The major part of this thesis is about the reduction of polarization mode dispersion effect. This part is divided into two parts. First part is about the methods of PMD effect reduction and the second one is about the PMD compensation. The discrepancy between these two parts is the reduction way of PMD effect on transmitted channel. The compensation use the compensation components inserted into the transmission path. By PMD reduction methods we can solve the problems from the view of changing of fibre or all cable. For better understanding of polarization mode dispersion effect there are simulated 4 optical lanes of various parameters. The simulation output is the eye diagram which provides the view at results of transmission lane. In the final part there is the evaluation of measured parameters of optical lanes simulated in a laboratory.

This diploma thesis deals with analysis of current diagnostic methods of optical networks, and it is focused on optical fiber dispersion in singlemode fibers. The work starts with a describtion chromatic dispersion and polarization mode dispersion, causes of and thein influence on the transmitted signal at the beginning. There are set out principles and their appropriate use in the list of measuring methods. Furthermore, the work are given the current possibilities for compensation above dispersions. The sixth chapter deals with the measurements and simulations of real routes in the OptiSystem. There are given appropriate compensation methods for the selected route speeds in the last chapter. The simulation is performed for the bit rate 2.5 Gbit / s, 10 Gbit / s and 40 Gbit / s.

Polarization mode dispersion, PMD influence of fibres. Next includes optic dispersion measurement and compensation of optics dispersion follows. In the end thesis analyze measure of existing fibres, simulating and suggest optimal solutions.