Title :
Phase stabilisation of coherent WDM modulator array
Author :
Healy, T. ; Gunning, F. C Garcia ; Ellis, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. Coll. Cork, Ireland
Abstract :
This paper reports for the first time a simple stabilisation circuitry technique to monitor and control the relative phase between adjacent channels in a coherent WDM transmitter, achieving optimum performance.
Keywords :
optical arrays; optical fibre communication; optical modulation; optical transmitters; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; coherent WDM modulator array; phase stabilisation; transmitter; Bit error rate; Circuits; Control systems; Monitoring; Optical fiber polarization; Optical transmitters; Optical variables control; Phase modulation; Phased arrays; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215398
