The dependence of the output Stokes parameters on the state of an arbitrarily located polarization controller in PMD mitigation schemes

Author

Zadok, Avi ; Simon, N. ; Eyal, Avishay

Author_Institution

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

Volume

22

Issue

6

fYear

2004

fDate

6/1/2004 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1533

Lastpage

1538

Abstract

The dependence of the instantaneous Stokes parameters, at the output of a transmission system, on the state of a polarization controller (PC) located anywhere in the system is analytically derived. Based on the analytical formalism, a novel characterization technique is introduced and used for finding the PC state that yields a maximum degree of polarization and optimal bit-error rate.

Keywords

controllers; error statistics; optical communication equipment; optical control; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; PMD mitigation schemes; arbitrarily located polarization controller; instantaneous Stokes parameters; optimal bit error rate; output Stokes parameters; polarization mode dispersion; state of polarization controller; Communication system control; Control systems; Matrix decomposition; Optical control; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Personal communication networks; Polarization mode dispersion; Stokes parameters; Optical communications; PMD; Stokes parameters; mitigation; polarization control; polarization-mode dispersion; polarization-mode-dispersion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2004.829226

Filename

1303728