Title :
Optimal Control of Tunable PMD Compensator Using Random Step Size Hill-Climbing Method
Author :
Tanizawa, Ken ; Hirose, Akira
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a search control method of PMD compensator to decrease the possibility being trapped at local maxima. Transmission simulations at 160 Gb/s show that the method controls PMD compensator more optimally than conventional method.
Keywords :
optical control; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical receivers; optical tuning; optimal control; telecommunication control; bit rate 160 Gbit/s; local maxima; optical receiver; optimal control; random step size hill-climbing method; search control method; transmission simulations; tunable PMD compensator; Birefringence; Chromatic dispersion; Feedback control; Monitoring; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical retarders; Optimal control; Polarization mode dispersion; Size control;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528108
