Author :
Noé, R. ; Sandel, D. ; Hinz, S. ; Yoshida-Dierolf, M. ; Mirvoda, V. ; Feise, G. ; Herrmann, H. ; Ricken, R. ; Sohler, W. ; Wehrmann, F. ; Glingener, C. ; Schöpflin, A. ; Färbert, A. ; Fischer, G.
Abstract :
Polarisation mode dispersion (PMD) in existing fibres impairs transmission at ⩾10 Gbit/s. A 43 ps PMD compensator in X-cut, Y-propagation Ti:LiNbO3 with cascaded TE-TM converters is presented and successful operation at 20 Gbit/s demonstrated