| 摘要 |
A dispersion compensation apparatus capable of compensating for dispersion while the state of polarization is maintained overall all channels between the input and output ends. Input signal light in alignment with the transmission polarization axis of a polarization beam splitter passes through the multiplexer and a wavelength dispersion-compensating device and is reflected by a Faraday rotator mirror so as to pass through the wavelength dispersion-compensating device again. Owing to the action of the Faraday rotator mirror, the signal light that returns to the wavelength dispersion-compensating device has a polarization that is orthogonal to the polarization that prevailed when the signal light first passed through the device. Thus the polarization beam splitter now operates in the reflective polarization mode with respect to the returning signal light. As a result, 100% of the signal light is output to a Polarization-maintaining optical fiber. Moreover, the polarization is fixed linear polarization.
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