Title :
Feed-forward polarization-mode dispersion compensation with four fixed differential group delay elements
Author :
Miao, Houxun ; Yang, Changxi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Precision Instrum., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China
fDate :
4/1/2004 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We report a feed-forward polarization-mode dispersion (PMD) compensator with four fixed differential group delay elements, which is capable of compensating for any first- and second-order PMD in a transmission fiber. The compensator consists of seven control parameters [or seven degrees of freedom (DOF)]. An extra DOF is employed to ensure analytical solutions of control parameters for the case of random changes of PMD vectors. Our model shows excellent robustness to possible perturbations by Monte Carlo simulations.
Keywords :
Monte Carlo methods; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre polarisation; Monte Carlo simulations; degree of freedom; feed-forward polarization-mode dispersion compensation; feed-forward polarization-mode dispersion compensator; first-order PMD; fixed differential group delay elements; perturbations; second-order PMD; transmission fiber; Communication system control; Delay; Feedback; Feedforward systems; Feeds; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber theory; Personal communication networks; Polarization mode dispersion; Robustness;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2004.824609
