Title :
All-Order PMD Compensation of Sub-picosecond Optical Pulses with Arbitrary Input States of Polarization
Author :
Miao, Houxun ; Weiner, Andrew M. ; Mirkin, Leo ; Miller, Peter J.
Author_Institution :
Purdue Univ., West Lafayette
Abstract :
We demonstrate full compensation of ~800 fs optical pulses distorted by all-order polarization mode dispersion effects to ~10 ps by applying polarization switching, wavelength-parallel polarization sensing, and ultrafast optical pulse shaping techniques.
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse shaping; optical switches; polarization mode dispersion compensation; polarization switching; subpicosecond optical pulses; ultrafast optical pulse shaping; wavelength-parallel polarization sensing; Delay; Frequency dependence; Liquid crystals; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Optical retarders; Polarization mode dispersion; Pulse modulation;
Conference_Titel :
IEEE/LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2007 Digest of the
Conference_Location :
Portland, OR
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0926-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4742
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2007.4288426
