Single-stage all-order PMD compensator using a single polarization controller

Yoshiaki Kisaka; Masahito Tomizawa; Mikio Yoneyama; Shoichiro Kuwahara; Yutaka Miyamoto

doi:10.1117/12.580453

25 October 2004 Single-stage all-order PMD compensator using a single polarization controller

Yoshiaki Kisaka, Masahito Tomizawa, Mikio Yoneyama, Shoichiro Kuwahara, Yutaka Miyamoto

Proceedings Volume 5596, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for WDM Networking III; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.580453
Event: Optics East, 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Abstract

In high-speed and/or long-haul transmission systems with data rates of 40 Gbit/s and beyond, the system degradation due to 1st- and also higher-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is a significant issue. So far, PMD compensators have been proposed for 1st- and higher-order PMD. In this paper, we focus on two types of optical PMD compensators, single-stage first-order compensator and double-stage compensator with higher-order canceller, and estimate their performances. Moreover, we propose a single-stage first & higher-order compensator as a “degenerate” version of the double-stage one by reducing the number of monitoring parameters (circuit) and the number of controllers (PCs). The functions of 1st- and higher-order PMD compensators are integrated into a single-stage configuration, with signal distortion monitoring at the output of the polarizer. The compensation performance of three PMD compensators is investigated in a 10.7 Gbit/s NRZ transmission system. The results show that the proposed single-stage compensator can effectively suppress the degradation due to 2nd-order PMD.

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Yoshiaki Kisaka, Masahito Tomizawa, Mikio Yoneyama, Shoichiro Kuwahara, and Yutaka Miyamoto "Single-stage all-order PMD compensator using a single polarization controller", Proc. SPIE 5596, Optical Transmission Systems and Equipment for WDM Networking III, (25 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.580453

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