Simple first-order PMD reduction system

Author

Comellas, J. ; Prat, J. ; Rafel, A. ; Perdigues, J.M. ; Junyent, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Signal Theory & Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain

fYear

2000

fDate

10-15 Sept. 2000

Abstract

Summary form only given. Different techniques have been reported to compensate the distortion effects of polarization mode dispersion (PMD) in long haul optical transmission systems. The system presented here basically uses a liquid crystal optical polarization controller and a polarizer. It features simplicity, ability to compensate a wide range of differential group delays, and also avoids the utilization of mechanical moving parts, as well as return fiber feedback or high-frequency electronic equalization.

Keywords

liquid crystal devices; optical beam splitters; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical polarisers; Mach-Zehnder configuration; beam splitters; differential group delays; distortion effect; first-order PMD reduction system; liquid crystal optical polarization controller; long haul optical transmission systems; polarization mode dispersion reduction; polarizer; Control systems; Delay; Liquid crystals; Optical control; Optical distortion; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, 2000. Conference Digest. 2000 Conference on

Conference_Location

Nice

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6319-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE.2000.909981

Filename

909981