Title :
Endless optical polarization control and PMD compensation
Author :
Noé, R. ; Koch, B. ; Mirvoda, V. ; Sandel, D.
Author_Institution :
EIM-E, Univ. Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate fast endless optical polarization control for instrumentation, polarization demultiplexing and PMD compensation. Mean/max polarization error is 0.077/0.197 rad during 30 minutes at up to 56-krad/s tracking speed. A 50-Grad trajectory is also tracked.
Keywords :
compensation; demultiplexing; optical control; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; PMD compensation; optical polarization control; polarization demultiplexing; polarization error; Automatic control; Delay; High speed optical techniques; Instruments; Optical control; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical retarders; Trajectory; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
