Title :
All-optical PMD monitor for optical signals at 40 Gb/s and beyond
Author :
Rochette, Mattin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., McGill Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
A polarization mode dispersion monitor is demonstrated numerically and experimentally for applications at 40 Gb/s and beyond. The device based on the Kerr effect is independent of chromatic dispersion.
Keywords :
optical Kerr effect; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; Kerr effect; all-optical PMD monitor; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; chromatic dispersion; optical signals; polarization mode dispersion monitor; Band pass filters; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber nonlinear optics; Monitoring; Nonlinear optics; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical pulse shaping; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343281
