Multilevel polarization shift keying by using data induced polarization switching

Author

Van Deventer, M. Oskar ; Nagel, Huub G J

Author_Institution

PTT Research., Leidschendam, Netherlands

Volume

5

Issue

4

fYear

1993

fDate

4/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

475

Lastpage

478

Abstract

A scheme to generate a 4-POLSK-tetrahadron signal from an equidistant four-level FSK signal is presented. For this purpose the transmitter laser equally excites the two polarization modes of a hibi fiber. This fiber is spliced at 45 degrees to a second hibi fiber with half the length of the first. In this scheme different optical frequencies are translated in certain states of polarization. The scheme is in principle passive. The insertion loss and complicated driving scheme of a polarization modulator are avoided. The viability of the scheme was demonstrated with simulations and an experiment.<>

Keywords

frequency shift keying; light polarisation; optical fibres; optical links; optical modulation; optical polarisers; 4-POLSK-tetrahadron signal; data induced polarization switching; equidistant four-level FSK signal; hibi fiber; multilevel polarisation shift keying; optical frequencies; passive scheme; polarization modes; transmitter laser; Fiber lasers; Frequency shift keying; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical fiber polarization; Optical losses; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Polarization shift keying; Signal generators;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.212704

Filename

212704