Title :
Distributed polarization-mode dispersion compensation using polarizers
Author :
Alzetta, D. ; Matsumoto, M.
Author_Institution :
Osaka Univ., Japan
Abstract :
We numerically evaluate the performance of two different distributed polarization-mode dispersion compensation techniques using linear or elliptic variable polarizers. We also quantify the noise enhancement due to the distributed polarizers induced loss.
Keywords :
optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; distributed polarization-mode dispersion compensation; elliptic variable polarizer; linear variable polarizer; noise enhancement; Degradation; Demultiplexing; Electron optics; Monitoring; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248398
