Title :
<1-ms highly-repeatable polarization-state generator and analyzer for 40-Gb/s system performance monitoring
Author :
Yan, L.-S. ; Yao, X. Stave ; Yu, C. ; Wang, Y. ; Lin, L. ; Chen, Z. ; Willner, A.E.
Author_Institution :
General Photonics Corp., Chino, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a fast (<1 millisecond), all solid-state, highly repeatable (variation <0.7° polarization state generator and analyzer using magneto-optic polarization switches and demonstrate OSNR performance monitoring in a 14×40-Gb/s WDM system.
Keywords :
magneto-optical devices; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; optical information processing; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; 560 Gbit/s; OSNR performance monitoring; WDM system; highly-repeatable polarization-state analyzer; highly-repeatable polarization-state generator; magneto-optic polarization switches; system performance monitoring solid-state;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
