SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THE POLARIZATION INSENSITIVE COHERENT DETECTION AND THE POLARIZATION DIVISION MULTIPLEXED TRANSMISSION OF OPTICAL COMMUNICATION SIGNALS

摘要

The present invention relates generally to the transport and processing of optical communication signals. More specifically, the present invention relates to systems and methods for the polarization insensitive coherent detection of optical communication signals with Brillouin amplification of the associated signal carrier and the polarization division multiplexed transmission of optical communication signals without polarization tracking at the associated receiver(s).