Planar lightwave circuit polarization-mode dispersion compensator

Author

Saida, Takashi ; Takiguchi, Koichi ; Kuwahara, Shoichiro ; Kisaka, Yoshiaki ; Miyamoto, Yutaka ; Hashizume, Yasuaki ; Shibata, Tomohiro ; Okamoto, Katsunari

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Ibaraki, Japan

Volume

14

Issue

4

fYear

2002

fDate

4/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

507

Lastpage

509

Abstract

In this letter, we fabricated an integrated polarization-mode dispersion compensator on a silica-based planar lightwave circuit that incorporated an endless polarization controller and a fixed polarization dependent delay line. The compensator consisted of polarization beam splitters, thermooptic phase shifters, tunable couplers, and polarization converters. We experimentally confirmed its operation at a data rate of 43 Gb/s.

Keywords

compensation; integrated optics; optical beam splitters; optical delay lines; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical phase shifters; optical planar waveguides; optical polarisers; thermo-optical effects; 43 Gbit/s; endless polarization controller; fixed polarization dependent delay line; integrated polarization-mode dispersion compensator; planar lightwave circuit polarization-mode dispersion compensator; polarization beam splitters; polarization converters; silica-based planar lightwave circuit; thermooptic phase shifters; tunable couplers; Delay lines; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical films; Optical polarization; Phase shifters; Polarization mode dispersion; Tellurium; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.992593

Filename

992593