Title :
Adaptive Optical Compensation with Twin Fiber Gratings for First and Second Order PMD
Author :
Mitani, Shunsuke ; Ishida, Kazuyuki ; Sugihara, Takashi ; Shimizu, Katsuhiro ; Takabayashi, Masakazu ; Shimakura, Yasuhisa ; Yoshiara, Kiichi
Author_Institution :
Mitsubishi Electr. Corp., Kamahira
Abstract :
Twin tunable chirped-fiber gratings and a DOP monitoring scheme provide adaptive PMD compensation for 40-Gbps RZ-DQPSK signals. We show quantitatively the compensation scheme improves the PMD tolerance, but its effect is limited by second-order PMD.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; differential phase shift keying; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical modulation; DOP monitoring; PMD compensation; PMD tolerance; RZ-DQPSK signals; adaptive optical compensation; differential quadrature phase-shift keying; first order PMD; polarization mode dispersion; second order PMD; twin tunable chirped-fiber gratings; Adaptive optics; Fiber gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Monitoring; Optical distortion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348566
