• DocumentCode
    398927
  • Title

    In-line liquid crystal microcell polarimeters and waveplates for high speed polarization analysis and control

  • Author

    Acharya, Bibhudendra ; Madsen, C. ; Baldwin, Kenneth ; Rogers, John ; Moeller, L. ; Huang, Chao ; Pindak, R.

  • Author_Institution
    Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    312
  • Abstract
    Design, fabrication, and performance of high speed in-line microcell waveplates based on nematic liquid crystals are reported. These devices show excellent performance when implemented for DOP and SOP measurement and for PMD compensation in 40 Gb/s system tests.
  • Keywords
    liquid crystal devices; nematic liquid crystals; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre polarisation; optical retarders; polarimeters; 40 Gbits/s; degree of polarization; fabrication; high speed polarization analysis; in-line liquid crystal; microcell polarimeters; nematic liquid crystals; polarization mode dispersion; state of polarization; waveplate; Assembly; Electrodes; High speed optical techniques; Liquid crystals; Microcell networks; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical retarders;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248093
  • Filename
    1248093