Abstract
We present an DQPSK demodulator with a silica-based PLC type MZI, where a half-wave plate is asymmetrically allocated to reduce polarization dependent frequency shifts, and demonstrate an error-free 43-Gbit/s demodulation for any incident SOP.
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