Chebyshev and Taylor approximations of polarization mode dispersion for improved compensation bandwidth.
We examine a series of experimentally realizable procedures for wide-bandwidth polarization mode dispersion compensation based on Taylor and Chebyshev approximations to the transfer matrix for light polarization in optical fibers. Our results demonstrate that a symmetric ordering of compensator elements in the Taylor procedure improves performance and that methods based on the Chebyshev approximation can significantly widen the compensation bandwidth.
Yevick
David
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Department of Physics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada. yevick@uwaterloo.ca
Chanachowicz
Mark
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Reimer
Michael
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O'Sullivan
Maurice
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Huang
Weihong
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Lu
Tao
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