In-line liquid-crystal microcell wave plates and their application for high-speed, reset-free polarization mode dispersion compensation in 40-Gbit/s systems

Applied Optics

Volumn 42, Issue 27, 2003, Pages 5407-5412

  Acharya, Bharat R ^a   Möller, Lothar ^a   Baldwin, Kirk W ^a   Mac Harrie, Robert A ^a   Stepnoski, Ray A ^a   Huang, Cheng C ^b   Pindak, Ron ^c   Rogers, John A ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION; SWITCHING;

MICROCELL WAVE PLATES;

LIQUID CRYSTALS;

EID: 0141956281     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.42.005407     Document Type: Article

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