Title :
The residual polarization of coherent orthogonal multiplexed data streams
Author :
Möller, Lothar ; Westbrook, Paul S. ; Behringer, Robert E. ; Buhl, Larry L.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate that the ´residual polarization´ of two coherent orthogonally polarized channels can be used as an all optical, bit rate and format independent feedback signal to control the two underlying signal polarizations.
Keywords :
demultiplexing; demultiplexing equipment; light polarisation; multiplexing; optical communication equipment; optical feedback; optical fibre communication; BER; all optical feedback signal; in-line polarimeter; multiplexed data streams; orthogonal polarization; residual polarization; Bit error rate; Bit rate; Delay; Demultiplexing; High-speed electronics; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical signal processing; Pulse shaping methods;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6705-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2001.989719
