Title :
High-speed, stable and repeatable PMD emulator with tunable statistics
Author :
Yan, L.-S. ; Hauer, M. ; Willner, A.E. ; Yeh, X. ; Yang, G. ; Lin, L. ; Chen, Z. ; Shi, Y. ; Yao, X. Steve ; Kath, W.L.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
Using three programmable DGD elements, we experimentally demonstrate a high-speed PMD emulator with tunable statistics and good stability and repeatability. By incorporating in-line polarimeters, a repeatable lookup-table of DGD and 2nd-order PMD states can be created.
Keywords :
delay-differential systems; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; optical tuning; table lookup; high-speed PMD emulator; in-line polarimeters; programmable DGD elements; repeatable PMD emulator; repeatable lookup-table; stable PMD emulator; tunable statistics; Automatic generation control; High speed optical techniques; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Photonics; Polarization mode dispersion; Statistics;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247447
