Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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A polarization controller includes a phase retarder having a rotation about an {1,0,0} axis that receives an optical signal from a waveguide structure. At least one nanoelectromechanical dielectric perturber produces &#xb1;45&#xb0; birefringent axes by placing the at least one nanoelectromechanical dielectric perturber at selective positions around the phase retarder to produce dynamic change in the effective index in one of the modes existent in an extraordinary axial direction.

Integrated polarization controllers with nano-electromechanical dielectric pertubation

A PMD emulator includes at least two polarization phase plates. The rotation matrix of the at two phase plates are varied to reduce the required number of phase-plates without reducing the number of birefringent segments used.

Combinatorial polarization scramblers for many segment PMD emulator

A polarization mode dispersion (PMD) feedforward compensator compensates first and second order PMD. An optical signal is provided to a PMD detector that senses first and second order PMD in the optical signal and produces control signals for the PMD compensator. The PMD compensator comprises, in series, a first polarization controller, an adjustable delay, a second polarization controller, a first fixed delay, a third polarization controller and a second fixed delay.

Deterministic first and second order polarization mode dispersion compensator

A PMD compensator or generator includes one module for adjusting first order PMD without altering second order PMD (FOnSO module), and another module for adjusting second order PMD without altering first order PMD (SOnFO module). The modules enable separate compensation of first and second order PMD. First order PMD can be measured and compensated in a feedforward manner, while second order PMD can be compensated in a feedback manner. Both first and second order PMD can be compensated in a feedforward manner. The modules also enable separate generation of first and second order PMD, and can be used in a completely deterministic manner to achieve the desired PMD.

Independently variable first and second order polarization mode dispersion compensator

A PMD device includes a first stage that receives a signal and performs rotation about {1,0,0} on the signal. The first stage outputs a first signal. A second stage receives the first signal and performs a rotation about {0,0,1} on the first signal. The second stage outputs a second signal that represents the alignment the PMD of various frequencies into a common direction. A third stage receives the second signal and provides the necessary frequency dependent variable in the {1,0,0} direction to cancel the PMD in any specified frequency range.

All-frequency PMD compensator and emulator

In optical media (e.g., an optical fiber) having first and second order polarization mode dispersion, the relationship between the polarization mode dispersion and the change in the measured averaged state of polarization of an optical signal in the media as a function of the signal's bandwidth can be predictable. Accordingly, first and second order polarization can be determined by measuring a series of the averaged state of polarization's for an optical signal with varying signal bandwidths.

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