title: Automatic optical polarization demultiplexing for polarization division multiplexed signals.
abstract: We propose a new automatic optical polarization demultiplexing scheme for polarization division multiplexed (PDM) signals, which uses the radio frequency (RF) power from a low frequency RF power detector as a control signal. This scheme is based on the intrinsic characteristics of PDM signals and does not need to add a special signal at a PDM transmitter. The effectiveness of this demultiplexing method is experimentally demonstrated in a 2x10 Gb/s on-off-keying (OOK) PDM transmission system.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Optical Communication & Lightwave Technologies, Ministry of Education, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, China. znwang@ieee.org
authors.forename: Zinan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Chongjin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xie