Dependence of non-linear depolarization on the overall polarization of PMD distorted WDM signals
01 January 2001
We show that the overall polarization of a WDM signal has to be minimized in order to reduce cross-phase modulation induced polarization scattering (XPMIPS) between channels of a DWDM system which can limit the effectiveness of PMD compensators or polarization demultiplexing mechanisms.