High performance lithium niobate polarization controller for PMD compensators

Author

Chen, Antao ; Smith, Robert W. ; Derbyshire, William E.

Author_Institution

Optoelectronics Center, Agere Syst., Breinigsville, PA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

10-14 Nov. 2002

Firstpage

885

Abstract

In conclusion, a hermetically packaged lithium niobate polarization controller with good performance has been developed. The device has demonstrated excellent practicality and reliability for telecommunication systems. To the best of our knowledge, it is the first polarization controller that meets Telcordia reliability standard for fiber optic telecommunication equipment.

Keywords

electrodes; integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; optical materials; optical polarisers; optical retarders; packaging; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication standards; LiNbO₃; PMD compensators; Telcordia reliability standard; fiber optic telecommunication equipment; hermetically packaged lithium niobate polarization controller; high performance lithium niobate polarization controller; quarter-wave plate voltages; reliability; total dc drift; Communication system control; Liquid crystals; Lithium niobate; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical retarders; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Voltage control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2002. LEOS 2002. The 15th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7500-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2002.1159592

Filename

1159592