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Automation of Mode Locking in a Nonlinear Polarization Rotation Fiber Laser through Output Polarization Measurements
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Kalman filter carrier and polarization-state tracking
Todd Marshall1, Bogdan Szafraniec, Bernd Nebendahl
1Agilent Technologies, Measurement Research Laboratory, 5301 Stevens Creek Boulevard, Santa Clara, California 95051, USA. marshall-public@agilent.com
Abstract:
Application of Kalman filtering with a novel nearest-symbol constraint enables dynamic tracking of carrier phase and polarization state. Thereby, the proposed Kalman filter accomplishes demodulation of optical polarization-multiplexed complex modulation format signals.
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