Title :
Automatic polarisation demultiplexer for polarisation-multiplexed transmission systems
Author :
Heismann, F. ; Hansen, P.B. ; Korotky, Steven K. ; Raybon, G. ; Veselka, J.J. ; Whalen, M.S.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Presents a fully automatic polarisation demultiplexer for polarisation-multiplexed fibre-optic transmission systems and demonstrates its operation in a 20 Gbit/s system experiment in which two independent 10 Gbit/s channels are transmitted over 134 km of dispersion-shifted fibre.
Keywords :
demultiplexing equipment; digital communication systems; optical communication equipment; optical fibres; optical links; 134 km; 20 Gbit/s; automatic polarisation demultiplexer; digital optical links; dispersion-shifted fibre; polarisation-multiplexed fibre-optic transmission systems; system experiment;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19931308
