• DocumentCode
    1101477
  • Title

    All-Order Polarization-Mode Dispersion (PMD) Compensation via Virtually Imaged Phased Array (VIPA)-Based Pulse Shaper

  • Author

    Miao, Houxun ; Weiner, Andrew M. ; Mirkin, Leo ; Miller, Peter J.

  • Author_Institution
    Purdue Univ., West Lafayette
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    4/15/2008 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    545
  • Lastpage
    547
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated all-order polarization-mode dispersion compensation using a virtually imaged phased-array-based transmission pulse shaper. We reduced the pulsewidth of polarization-mode dispersed pulses from more than 100 ps to their original 15 ps.
  • Keywords
    optical arrays; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical pulse shaping; optical fiber communication; polarization-mode dispersion; ultrafast pulse shaping; virtually imaged phased array; Band pass filters; Frequency; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical retarders; Phased arrays; Polarization mode dispersion; Pulse shaping methods; Optical fiber communication; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD); ultrafast pulse shaping; virtually imaged phased array (VIPA);
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/LPT.2008.918893
  • Filename
    4472050