Pulse narrowing in optical components with polarization mode dispersion using polarization controls

Liang Chen; Mauricio Yanez; Xiaoyi Bao; Brent R. Petersen

doi:10.1117/12.406429

15 December 2000 Pulse narrowing in optical components with polarization mode dispersion using polarization controls

Liang Chen, Mauricio Yanez, Xiaoyi Bao, Brent R. Petersen

Proceedings Volume 4087, Applications of Photonic Technology 4; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406429
Event: 2000 International Conference on Application of Photonic Technology (ICAPT 2000), 2000, Quebec City, Canada

Abstract

An algorithm capable of finding the input and output states ofpolarization for maximum pulse narrowing at the output of an optical fiber with polarization mode dispersion (PMD) is analytically presented and numerically solved. It is always possible to obtain output pulses which are narrower than the input pulses when PMD is compensated by controlling both the input polarization as well as the receiver polarization states. This anomalous effect was shown to be exclusively due to PMD as no chromatic dispersion or polarization dependent losses were assumed. We report the detailed study for the cases in which the fiber consists oftwo, three and five hundred segments ofhighly-birefringent (Hi-Bi) fiber. The solution shows the existence of two orthogonal input and output states ofpolanzation (different from those introduced by Poole et. al.) under which the integrity of the pulse is preserved and the pulsewidth at the output is the narrowest possible. The cost to be paid for this improvement is a reduction ofthe optical power in the output pulse.

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Liang Chen, Mauricio Yanez, Xiaoyi Bao, and Brent R. Petersen "Pulse narrowing in optical components with polarization mode dispersion using polarization controls", Proc. SPIE 4087, Applications of Photonic Technology 4, (15 December 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406429

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