Fast Tracking Algorithm for Adaptive Compensation of High-Speed PMD Variation Caused by SOP Change in Milliseconds

Author

Tanizawa, Ken ; Hirose, Akira

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo

Volume

21

Issue

3

fYear

2009

Firstpage

140

Lastpage

142

Abstract

We propose a tracking algorithm based on the steepest descent method for adaptive polarization-mode-dispersion (PMD) compensation. Transmission simulations at 160 Gb/s are conducted under the condition that the PMD fluctuates with a sequential random state of polarization change at a rate of 0.13 rad per 4 ms on average. The results show that our algorithm can successfully compensate PMD variations at speeds where a conventional hill-climbing-based tracking algorithm cannot maintain effective PMD compensation.

Keywords

compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical receivers; time division multiplexing; PMD fluctuation; SDM; SOP; adaptive PMD compensation; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; conventional hill-climbing-based tracking algorithm; high-speed PMD fast tracking algorithm; optical fiber communication; polarization-mode-dispersion; receiver; sequential random state-of-polarization; steepest descent method; time-division-multiplexing transmission; transmission simulations; Adaptive control; optical fiber communications; polarization-mode dispersion (PMD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2008.2009230

Filename

4695962