Automatic Polarization Control for Packet Transmission in a Hybrid Circuit and Packet-Switched Optical Network

Author

Tuft, Vegard L. ; Bjørnstad, Steinar ; Hjelme, Dag R.

Author_Institution

Norwegian Univ. of Sci. and Technol. (NTNU), Trondheim

Volume

19

Issue

19

fYear

2007

Firstpage

1460

Lastpage

1462

Abstract

We demonstrate automatic polarization control for packet transmission in an optical hybrid circuit and packet-switched network. The method combines a commercial automatic controller with a transmission scheme and a novel feedback circuit that ensures continuous feedback. Packet loss rate measurements show less than 0.1-dB power penalty when comparing packet transmission to continuous transmission. The controller causes an additional 0.3-dB power penalty.

Keywords

light polarisation; optical control; optical fibre networks; switched networks; automatic controller; automatic polarization control; feedback circuit; optical hybrid circuit; packet loss rate measurements; packet transmission; packet-switched optical network; Automatic control; Feedback circuits; Optical control; Optical feedback; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Power measurement; Propagation losses; Hybrid networks; optical fiber communication; optical polarization; packet switching; polarization control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.903720

Filename

4298946