Title :
High-birefringence nonlinearly-chirped fiber Bragg grating for tunable compensation of polarization mode dispersion
Author :
Lee, S. ; Khosravani, R. ; Peng, J. ; Willner, A.E. ; Grubsky, V. ; Starodubov, D.S. ; Feinberg, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a tunable polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) compensator using a high-birefringence nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating (HN-FBG). Our device is capable of generating a 100 ps to 320 ps time delay between the polarization axes and tunable over 2.3 nm. For a 10-Gbit/s signal, we show that 170-ps tunability is realized by stretching the HN-FBG.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; birefringence; chirp modulation; compensation; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical tuning; 10 Gbit/s; 170 ps; high-birefringence nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating; optical fiber; polarization mode dispersion; time delay; tunable compensation; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Delay effects; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber polarization; Optical polarization; Optical receivers; Optical reflection; Polarization mode dispersion; Refractive index;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.767859
