Implementation of endless integrated-optical polarization control and polarization mode dispersion compensation

See here for an introduction, in particular pp. 33...47. A relevant subset of the (relatively broad) title will be chosen for the actual project. Conceptual work, Matlab simulations, VHDL implementations, mixed-signal schematic and printed ciruit board layout, experimental fiberoptic verification are among the techniques that can (but need not necessarily all) be learned.