Title :
In-line liquid crystal microcell polarimeters and waveplates for high speed polarization analysis and control
Author :
Acharya, Bibhudendra ; Madsen, C. ; Baldwin, Kenneth ; Rogers, John ; Moeller, L. ; Huang, Chao ; Pindak, R.
Author_Institution :
Bell Labs., Lucent Technol., Murray Hill, NJ, USA
Abstract :
Design, fabrication, and performance of high speed in-line microcell waveplates based on nematic liquid crystals are reported. These devices show excellent performance when implemented for DOP and SOP measurement and for PMD compensation in 40 Gb/s system tests.
Keywords :
liquid crystal devices; nematic liquid crystals; optical design techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; optical fibre polarisation; optical retarders; polarimeters; 40 Gbits/s; degree of polarization; fabrication; high speed polarization analysis; in-line liquid crystal; microcell polarimeters; nematic liquid crystals; polarization mode dispersion; state of polarization; waveplate; Assembly; Electrodes; High speed optical techniques; Liquid crystals; Microcell networks; Optical device fabrication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical polarization; Optical retarders;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248093
