Title :
Full PMD compensation for ultrafast pulses
Author :
Akbulut, M. ; Xu, Lie ; Weiner, Andrew M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a full, wavelength-parallel PMD compensation scheme for sub-picosecond pulses. Two programmable double-pass pulse-shapers are used in series to correct the distorted polarization and phase spectra independently for a 602 fs pulse around 1550 nm.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical pulse shaping; 1550 nm; 602 fs; distorted polarization; full wavelength-parallel PMD compensation; phase spectra; programmable double-pass pulse-shapers; sub-picosecond pulses; ultrafast pulses; Distortion measurement; Gratings; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Optical polarization; Optical pulse shaping; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Pulse measurements; Pulse shaping methods;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2005. (CLEO). Conference on
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-795-4
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2005.201861
