Title :
Novel technique for polarization independent all-optical sampling in fiber
Author :
Westlund, Mathias ; Sunnerud, Henrik ; Olsson, Bengt-Erik ; Andrekson, Peter A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microtechnol. & Nanosci., Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg, Sweden
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a simple single-path technique for polarization independent all-optical sampling in fiber. The residual polarization dependence was only 0.3 dB and no polarization dependent waveform distortion was detected.
Keywords :
optical fibre polarisation; signal sampling; fiber; polarization independent all-optical sampling; residual polarization; single-path technique;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
