Title :
Steepest-descent-based control of polarization controller for high-speed tracking in adaptive polarization mode dispersion compensation
Author :
Tanizawa, Ken ; Hirose, Akira
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tokyo Univ., Tokyo
Abstract :
We report the improvement of the control algorithm of polarization controller for high-speed adaptive polarization mode dispersion compensation. The proposed tracking algorithm based on steepest descent method decreases the compensation time by about half.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; high-speed adaptive polarization mode dispersion compensation; polarization controller; steepest descent method; tracking algorithm; Adaptive control; Bit error rate; Chromatic dispersion; Iterative algorithms; Monitoring; Optical polarization; Optical retarders; Polarization mode dispersion; Programmable control; Time measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference, 2008 and the 2008 Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. OECC/ACOFT 2008. Joint conference of the
Conference_Location :
Sydney
Print_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-85825-807-5
DOI :
10.1109/OECCACOFT.2008.4610415
