Time interleaved polarization multiplexing for polarization labelling

Author

Tuft, Vegard Larsen ; Bjornstad, Steinar ; Hjelme, Dag Roar

Author_Institution

Norwegian Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Trondheim, Norway

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

3-7 July 2005

Firstpage

47

Abstract

We investigate the use of polarization for labelling in optical networks and demonstrate experimentally that an interleaved polarization multiplexing technique is significantly more robust than traditional polarization multiplexing in the presence of random polarization variations. This time interleaved polarization multiplexing scheme does not suffer from the coherent crosstalk inherent to traditional polarization multiplexing. Channel identification and automatic polarization control is achieved using a pilot tone technique.

Keywords

multiplexing; optical control; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical fibre polarisation; telecommunication channels; automatic polarization control; channel identification; coherent crosstalk; optical network; pilot tone technique; polarization labelling; time interleaved polarization multiplexing; Automatic control; Control systems; Feedback; Labeling; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Quality of service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2005, Proceedings of 2005 7th International Conference

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9236-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2005.1505750

Filename

1505750