title: Broadband polarization correction with programmable liquid-crystal modulator arrays.
abstract: We demonstrate a novel method of parallel, multiwavelength state-of-polarization (SOP) correction. Using a new liquid-crystal modulator array design, we are able to rotate the distorted input SOP spectrum to a fixed linear state on a wavelength-by-wavelength basis. We report experimental correction of up to 25.5-dB polarization-dependent loss over a 13-nm bandwidth around 1550 nm.
authors.affiliation: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-1285, USA. ma@purdue.edu
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akbulut
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Weiner
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cronin
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Miller