Title :
Chirp-free tunable PMD compensation using Hi-Bi nonlinearly-chirped FBGs in a dual-pass configuration
Author :
Pan, Z. ; Xie, Y. ; Lee, S. ; Willner, A.E. ; Grubsky, V. ; Starodubov, D.S. ; Feinberg, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate chirp-free tunable PMD compensation for a l0 Gbit/s signal by using an adjustable high-birefringence nonlinearly-chirped FBG in a novel dual-pass configuration that significantly reduces the chirp induced by the FBG. We show PMD compensation with tunability from 250 to 600 ps in which the power penalty due to fiber dispersion in a 45 km link interacting with the FBG induced chirp is reduced from 4 to 0.5 dB.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; birefringence; chirp modulation; error statistics; optical fiber communication; optical fiber dispersion; optical fiber polarization; optical tuning; Hi-Bi nonlinearly-chirped FBGs; adjustable high-birefringence nonlinearly-chirped fibre Bragg grating; chirp-free tunable polarization-mode-dispersion compensation; dual-pass configuration; fiber dispersion; high-birefringence nonlinearly-chirped fibre Bragg grating; polarization mode dispersion; power penalty; tunability; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Chromatic dispersion; Delay effects; Fiber gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical reflection; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868539
