A compensator for the effects of high-order polarization mode dispersion in optical fibers

Author

Shtaif, Mark ; Mecozzi, Antonio ; Tur, Moshe ; Nagel, Jonathan A.

Author_Institution

AT&T Labs. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

12

Issue

4

fYear

2000

fDate

4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

434

Lastpage

436

Abstract

We present a polarization mode dispersion compensator for the rotation of the principal states with frequency. This compensator requires only two control elements more than existing first-order compensators. These are the position of one polarization controller and the setting of a single delay. With the proposed scheme, compensation for first order can be decoupled from the compensation for higher orders and controlled independently. The effect of the compensator on signal transmission is evaluated with extensive numerical simulations.

Keywords

compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; WDM; extensive numerical simulations; first-order compensator; high-order polarization mode dispersion compensation; optical fiber polarisation mode dispersion; polarization controller; principal states; signal transmission; single delay; Bandwidth; Communication system control; Delay; Frequency; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Polarization mode dispersion; Taylor series; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/68.839043

Filename

839043