Dispersion Trimming in a Reconfigurable Wavelength Selective Switch

Author

Roelens, Michaël A F ; Frisken, Steven ; Bolger, Jeremy A. ; Abakoumov, Dmitri ; Baxter, Glenn ; Poole, Simon ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Volume

26

Issue

1

fYear

2008

Firstpage

73

Lastpage

78

Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate dispersion compensation in a wavelength selective switch, and characterize the bandwidth-dispersion product. At a channel bit-rate of 80 Gbit/s, we compensate for various amounts of dispersion (up to ??60 ps/nm), tunable for each wavelength division multiplexed channel, solely by adjusting the phase front of the optical signal inside the wavelength selective switch. Error-free operation is obtained for all of the channels, and for each output port after propagation over various lengths of dispersive fiber.

Keywords

optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; dispersion compensation; dispersion trimming; optical fiber communication; optical fiber dispersion; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength selective switch; Optical fiber communication; optical fiber dispersion; optical switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2007.912148

Filename

4413097