DocumentCode
1302448
Title
Rugged all-fibre endless polarisation controller
Author
Walker, G.R. ; Walker, N.G.
Author_Institution
British Telecom Res. Labs., Ipswich, UK
Volume
24
Issue
22
fYear
1988
fDate
10/27/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1353
Lastpage
1354
Abstract
A polarisation controller comprising four lengths of PM fibre wound onto piezoelectric cylinders has been produced. It is mechanically rugged, has an insertion loss of 1.5 dB, and is capable of endless control between two arbitrary time-varying states of polarisation. Polarisation control has been successfully demonstrated for the first time in a coherent optical transmission system over installed fibre
Keywords
light polarisation; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; PM fibre; all-fibre endless polarisation controller; coherent optical transmission system; insertion loss; piezoelectric cylinders; time-varying states;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
Filename
82434
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