Improved optical compensator for first- and second-order polarization-mode dispersion

We present an improved transfer matrix for optical compensation of first- and second-order polarization-mode dispersion (PMD), which efficiently offsets the average third- and higher order PMD in the fiber. Numerical simulations reveal that this compensator performs substantially better than other p...

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Published in:IEEE photonics technology letters 2005-05, Vol.17 (5), p.1016-1018
Main Author: Heismann, F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Compensators
Computer simulation
Cross coupling
Delay
Digital
FCC
Frequency
High speed optical techniques
Mathematical models
Optical feedback
Optical fiber communication
optical fiber dispersion
Optical fiber polarization
Optical fibers
Polarization
Polarization mode dispersion
polarization-mode dispersion (PMD)
Statistics
Transfer functions
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Summary:We present an improved transfer matrix for optical compensation of first- and second-order polarization-mode dispersion (PMD), which efficiently offsets the average third- and higher order PMD in the fiber. Numerical simulations reveal that this compensator performs substantially better than other previously known schemes, at least in digital transmission systems using conventional return-to-zero and nonreturn-to-zero formatted signals. This superior performance is largely achieved by employing an empirically determined average frequency dependence for the cross coupling between signals components in the two principal states of polarization.
ISSN:1041-1135
1941-0174
DOI:10.1109/LPT.2005.844321