Title :
SUB-microsecond packet polarization alignment using all-optical polarization attraction
Author :
Ribeiro, V. ; Luis, Ruben S. ; Delgado Mendinueta, Jose Manuel ; Puttnam, B.J. ; Shahpari, Ali ; Muga, Nelson J. ; Lima, Mario ; Shinada, S. ; Wada, N. ; Teixeira, Antonio
Author_Institution :
Inst. de Telecomun., Campus Univ. de Santiago, Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract :
We demonstrate sub-microsecond 10 Gb/s packet polarization alignment using all-optical polarization attraction. The proposed process is based on counter-propagating four-wave-mixing in a dispersion-shifted fiber and achieves polarization-alignment of packets as short as 205 ns.
Keywords :
multiwave mixing; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; all-optical polarization attraction; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; counter-propagating four-wave-mixing; dispersion-shifted fiber; polarization-alignment; sub-microsecond packet polarization alignment; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Receivers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
