Title :
Fast Tunable In-Line Liquid Crystal Based Polarization Controller for Reset Free Operation
Author :
Acharya, B.R. ; Moller, L. ; Baldwin, K.W. ; MacHarrie, R.A. ; Huang, C.C. ; Pindak, R. ; Rogers, J.A.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol. Bell Labs, Holmdel, NJ
Abstract :
Design and performance of a novel, fast, endless, and continuously tunable nematic liquid crystal polarization controller is reported. A negligible power penalty was observed when the polarization controller was used for PMD compensation at 40 Gb/s
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; liquid crystal devices; nematic liquid crystals; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; 40 Gbit/s; inline liquid crystal; nematic liquid crystal; polarization controller; polarization mode dispersion compensation; power penalty; reset free operation; tunable liquid crystal;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2002. ECOC 2002. 28th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Copenhagen
Print_ISBN :
87-90974-63-8
