Chirped in-fibre Bragg grating dispersion compensators: linearisation of dispersion characteristic and demonstration of dispersion compensation in 100 km, 10 Gbit/s optical fibre link

Author

Hill, K.O. ; Theriault, S. ; Malo, B. ; Bilodeau, F. ; Kitagawa, Tomotaka ; Johnson, D.C. ; Albert, J. ; Takiguchi, K. ; Kataoka, Takeshi ; Hagimoto, Ken

Author_Institution

Communication Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont.

Volume

30

Issue

21

fYear

1994

fDate

10/13/1994 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1755

Lastpage

1756

Abstract

An apodised chirped in-fibre Bragg grating that has a linear dispersion characteristic is reported. The frequency components of an optical pulse (centre wavelength 1551 nm: 10 GHz bandwidth) incident on the grating are reflected with a relative delay that varies linearly from 0 to 130 ps across the spectral width of the pulse. The dispersion compensator is used to correct for the dispersion in a 100 km link (nondispersion shifted fibre) operating at a 10 Gbit/s transmission rate and a wavelength of 1551 nm

Keywords

compensation; diffraction gratings; digital communication systems; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; optical fibres; optical links; 10 GHz; 10 Gbit/s; 100 km; 1551 nm; Bragg grating compensator; apodised chirped in-fibre Bragg grating; delay; dispersion compensators; linear dispersion characteristic; nondispersion shifted fibre; optical fibre link; optical pulse;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:19941214

Filename

328552