Title :
High resolution and high speed wavelength-parallel polarization sensor for dense WDM systems
Author :
Wang, Shawn X. ; Xiao, Shijun ; Weiner, A.M.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN, USA
Abstract :
We report on a wavelength-parallel polarization sensor with potential to perform ≤ 4 GHz-spaced sub-channel polarization measurement for multiple dense WDM channels in parallel, with measurement time of less than 5 ms.
Keywords :
light polarisation; optical communication; optical variables measurement; polarimeters; wavelength division multiplexing; 5 ms; SOP variation; dense WDM systems; high resolution polarization sensor; high speed polarization sensor; multiple dense WDM channels; polarimeters; polarization sensing; sub-channel polarization measurement; wavelength-dependent SOP; wavelength-parallel polarization sensor; Monitoring; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Performance evaluation; Phased arrays; Sensor arrays; Sensor systems; Time measurement; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192941
