Title :
Temperature insensitive and ultra wideband silica-based dual polarization optical hybrid for coherent receiver with highly symmetrical interferometer design
Author :
Nasu, Yusuke ; Mizuno, Takayuki ; Kasahara, Ryoichi ; Saida, Takashi
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We designed temperature-insensitive dual-polarization optical hybrids for the coherent receivers, and firstly demonstrated temperature-insensitive performance with a polarization extinction ratio over 25 dB and phase errors within 3 degrees over fully C-and L-bands.
Keywords :
optical receivers; polarisation; coherent receiver; highly symmetrical interferometer design; temperature-insensitive dual-polarization optical hybrids; ultra wideband silica-based dual polarization optical hybrid; Adaptive optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
