• Laser & Optoelectronics Progress
  • Vol. 55, Issue 4, 042701 (2018)
Huabin Xu*, Yuanyuan Zhou, Xuejun Zhou, and Lian Wang
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  • Electronic Engineering College, Naval University of Engineering, Wuhan, Hubei 430033, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/LOP55.042701 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Huabin Xu, Yuanyuan Zhou, Xuejun Zhou, Lian Wang. Wavelength Division Multiplexing Polarization Compensation Improvement Scheme of Sea Foam Channel[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2018, 55(4): 042701 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The influence of the sea foam channel on the polarization scattering of photons in the quantum communication can lead to the increase of the polarization bit error rate. A polarization compensation scheme based on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) is used to compensate the state of polarization. Based on the feasibility of the WDM polarization compensation scheme, to solve the problem of the polarization errors caused by the wavelength interval in the sea foam channel, we propose a single-reference-pulse error calibration polarization compensation scheme and a double-reference-pulse error calibration polarization compensation scheme. We simulate the deviation angle distribution of the compensated signal pulse under different wavelength intervals. The results show that the two schemes both can effectively eliminate the polarization bit error rate caused by wavelength interval. The performance of double-reference-pulse polarization compensation scheme is more excellent and the compensation effect is more obvious. However, the multi-reference-pulse scheme has more requirements for laboratory equipment. It is also found that the smaller the wavelength interval is, the smaller the deviation angle of the signal pulse is, and the lower the corresponding polarization error rate is.
    Huabin Xu, Yuanyuan Zhou, Xuejun Zhou, Lian Wang. Wavelength Division Multiplexing Polarization Compensation Improvement Scheme of Sea Foam Channel[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2018, 55(4): 042701
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