Title :
Planar lightwave circuit optical dispersion equalizer
Author :
Takiguchi, K. ; Okamoto, K. ; Suzuki, S. ; Ohmori, Y.
Author_Institution :
NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki, Japan
Abstract :
An integrated-optic dispersion equalizer has been fabricated on a planar lightwave circuit (PLC) for the first time. The PLC optical dispersion equalizer can compensate for both negative and positive fiber dispersion values. In a preliminary experiment, we successfully compensated for the chromatic dispersion of a 20 km-long 1.3 μm zero-dispersion fiber at 1.55 μm.
Keywords :
integrated optics; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical waveguides; 1.3 mum; 1.55 mum; 20 km; chromatic dispersion; integrated-optic dispersion equalizer; negative fiber dispersion; planar lightwave circuit optical dispersion equalizer; positive fiber dispersion; zero-dispersion fiber; Circuits; Equalizers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical interferometry; Optical solitons; Optical variables control; Programmable control;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
