Polarization mode dispersion compensation at 20 Gb/s with a compact distributed equalizer in LiNbO/sub 3/

Author

Glingener, C. ; Schopflin, A. ; Farbert, A. ; Fischer, G. ; Noe, R. ; Sandel, D. ; Hinz, S. ; Yoshida-Derolf, M. ; Mirvoda, V. ; Feise, G. ; Hermann, H. ; Ricken, Raimund ; Sohler, W. ; Wehrmann, F.

Author_Institution

Inf. & Commun. Network, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany

Volume

Supplement

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Abstract

PMD of existing fibers impairs transmission at rates greater than 10 Gb/s. We present a 43 ps PMD compensator in X-cut, /spl gamma/-propagation LiNbO/sub 3/ with cascaded TE-TM converters and demonstrate successful operation at 20 Gb/s.

Keywords

compensation; equalisers; high-speed optical techniques; integrated optics; lithium compounds; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; /spl gamma/-propagation; 10 Gbit/s; 20 Gbit/s; 43 ps; LiNbO/sub 3/; X-cut; cascaded TE-TM converters; compact distributed equalizer; fibre polarization mode dispersion compensation; ps PMD compensator; Electrodes; Electronic mail; Equalizers; Fingers; Integrated optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Polarization mode dispersion; Transformers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.766062

Filename

766062