Abstract
Design, fabrication and tests of fast rotating wave-plates based on nematic liquid crystals stabilized by a polymer matrix are reported. Appropriateness of performance to meet current specifications for PMD compensation in 40Gb/s systems is addressed.
© 2004 Optical Society of America
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