Title :
All-Fiber PMD Emulator with Reduced Number of Polarization Controllers between Sections
Author :
Yan, L.-S. ; Zhang, B. ; Yao, X. Steve ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
General Photonics Co., Chino
Abstract :
We propose an all-fiber PMD emulator based on polarization-maintaining-fiber and fiber-squeezer type polarization controllers. The number of polarization controllers has been significantly reduced to lower the cost without distorting the statistical distributions.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; statistical distributions; all-fiber PMD emulator; fiber-squeezer type polarization controller; polarization-maintaining-fiber; polarization-mode-dispersion; statistical distribution; Communication system control; Costs; Emulation; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Page description languages; Statistical distributions; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348834
