Abstract
We theoretically and experimentally investigated a pre-PMD scheme for SPM suppression. A 3.4dB improvement in the nonlinear threshold was observed using optimum first- and second-order PMD. We also confirmed that the pre-PMD techniques can coexist with chromatic dispersion management.
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