• DocumentCode
    1795695
  • 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
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    6-10 July 2014
  • Firstpage
    221
  • Lastpage
    223
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Melbourne, VIC
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6888055