Open AccessFirst-order polarization mode dispersion compensator using two independent feedback signals enabling separation of principal states of polarization and differential group delay controls
Author(s) -
KyeongEun Han,
Wang Joo Lee
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.20.003541
Subject(s) - differential group delay , polarization mode dispersion , group delay and phase delay , polarization (electrochemistry) , optics , control theory (sociology) , polarization rotator , group delay dispersion , compensation (psychology) , dispersion (optics) , computer science , physics , birefringence , bandwidth (computing) , optical fiber , telecommunications , dispersion shifted fiber , control (management) , chemistry , fiber optic sensor , artificial intelligence , psychology , psychoanalysis
We propose and demonstrate a novel first-order polarization mode dispersion (PMD) compensator separating principal-states-of-polarization (PSP) control from differential-group-delay (DGD) control by using two independent feedback monitoring signals. To verify the proposed operating principle, we fabricated an automatically adaptive module-type 40-Gb/s PMD compensator on printed circuit boards. The results show that unlike previous typical compensation method of controlling alternately PSP and DGD, the proposed scheme provides independent continuous PSP tracking regardless of DGD control by delay line under rapidly varying PSP condition, thus resulting in stable compensated signal with reduction in compensation time.