DocumentCode
356509
Title
Micromachined polarization-state controller and its application to polarization-mode dispersion compensation
Author
Lin, L.Y. ; Goldstein, E.L. ; Frigo, N.J. ; Tkac, R.W.
Author_Institution
AT&T Labs.-Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA
Volume
3
fYear
2000
fDate
7-10 March 2000
Firstpage
244
Abstract
We demonstrate a lightwave-micromachine-based polarization-controller and experimentally verify its operation. The results suggest that micromachines may be useful in manipulating polarization states in lightwave systems and may thus lead to smaller and cheaper polarization-mode dispersion-compensators.
Keywords
compensation; micro-optics; micromachining; optical fiber dispersion; optical fiber polarization; optical polarizers; wavelength division multiplexing; lightwave-micromachine-based polarization-controller; micromachined polarization-state controller; polarization state manipulation; polarization-mode dispersion compensation; polarization-mode dispersion-compensators; Costs; Electrodes; Lighting control; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Optical polarization; Optical retarders; Polarization mode dispersion; Size control;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN
1-55752-630-3
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2000.868578
Filename
868578
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