Synthesis and characterization of broad-band polarization-mode dispersion equalizers

Author

Eyal, Avishay

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Tel-Aviv Univ., Tel Aviv, Israel

Volume

22

Issue

4

fYear

2004

fDate

4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1147

Lastpage

1154

Abstract

A synthesis algorithm for the design of a finite impulse response polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) equalizer is described and used for characterization of the filter. Defined in terms of the residual maximum differential group delay, the performance of the equalizer is characterized as a function of the equalizer order and period. The synthesis algorithm uses spectral factorization to analytically find estimated equalizer control variables. The control variables are then used as initial guess for an optimization procedure that minimize the maximum differential group delay in the frequency range of interest.

Keywords

equalisers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; optical fibre polarisation; optimisation; equalizer order; optical filter; optimization procedure; polarization-mode dispersion equalizers; residual maximum differential group delay; spectral factorization; synthesis algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; Communication system control; Delay; Equalizers; Feeds; Finite impulse response filter; Frequency; Optical filters; Optical variables control; Polarization mode dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2004.825890

Filename

1291559