High-speed and highly repeatable polarization-state analyzer for 40-gb/s system performance monitoring

Author

Yan, L.-S. ; Yao, X. Steve ; Yu, C. ; Wang, Y. ; Lin, L. ; Chen, Z. ; Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Gen. Photonics Corp., Chino, CA

Volume

18

Issue

4

fYear

2006

Firstpage

643

Lastpage

645

Abstract

We demonstrate a fast (<1 ms), all solid-state, highly repeatable, and accurate polarization-state analyzer based on magnetooptic polarization switches. The module is further used for optical signal-to-noise-ratio performance monitoring in a 14times40-Gb/s wavelength-division-multiplexing system

Keywords

magneto-optical devices; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre polarisation; optical retarders; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; 560 Gbit/s; magnetooptic polarization switches; optical signal-to-noise-ratio; performance monitoring; polarization-state analyzer; wavelength-division-multiplexing; High speed optical techniques; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic switching; Monitoring; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Performance analysis; Signal to noise ratio; Solid state circuits; System performance; Monitoring; optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR); optics communications; polarization; polarization analyzer; polarization-state generation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.870130

Filename

1588991