• DocumentCode
    399029
  • Title

    Distributed polarization-mode dispersion compensation using polarizers

  • Author

    Alzetta, D. ; Matsumoto, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Osaka Univ., Japan
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    541
  • Abstract
    We numerically evaluate the performance of two different distributed polarization-mode dispersion compensation techniques using linear or elliptic variable polarizers. We also quantify the noise enhancement due to the distributed polarizers induced loss.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical fibre polarisation; distributed polarization-mode dispersion compensation; elliptic variable polarizer; linear variable polarizer; noise enhancement; Degradation; Demultiplexing; Electron optics; Monitoring; Optical feedback; Optical fiber polarization; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Polarization mode dispersion; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248398
  • Filename
    1248398