Survey And Current Status Of Polarisation Control Techniques, For Coherent Optical Communications

N G Walker; G R Walker

doi:10.1117/12.963267

5 February 1990 Survey And Current Status Of Polarisation Control Techniques, For Coherent Optical Communications

N G Walker, G R Walker

Proceedings Volume 1175, Coherent Lightwave Communications: Fourth in a Series; (1990) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963267
Event: OE/FIBERS '89, 1989, Boston, United States

Abstract

Recent demonstrations of endless polarisation control are briefly reviewed. Schemes based on three different types of transducer are compared, whose behaviour is exemplified by (i) fibre squeezers, (ii) fractional-wave plates and (iii) an integrated optic lithium niobate device. The algebra of polarisation transforma-tions is developed, and it is shown how control schemes based on the three types of transducer are closely related, sharing many common features.

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N G Walker and G R Walker "Survey And Current Status Of Polarisation Control Techniques, For Coherent Optical Communications", Proc. SPIE 1175, Coherent Lightwave Communications: Fourth in a Series, (5 February 1990); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.963267

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