Abstract
Polarization mode dispersion (PMD) has been identified as a major system degrading effect putting a limit to highspeed optical transmission systems. Therefore much research work has been carried out on numerical and experimental analysis of its impact on system performance1,2 and consequently on possible compensation strategies. Mitigation of PMD-induced distor tions can be done either in the optical or electrical domain.3,4 Most of today’s PMD compensation strategies only take care of the impact of first order PMD, however (residual) higher order PMD effects are also relevant for system performance.5
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