Phase response design of a polarization-maintaining fiber loop mirror for dispersion compensation

Author

Chung, Seunghwan ; Yu, Bong-Ahn ; Lee, Byoungho

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng., Seoul Nat. Univ., South Korea

Volume

15

Issue

5

fYear

2003

fDate

5/1/2003 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

715

Lastpage

717

Abstract

We propose a simple dispersion-compensation filter using a polarization-maintaining fiber loop mirror. Due to the fact that the proposed filter is spectrally periodic and has a relatively large dispersion, it can be used as a multichannel dispersion compensator. The measured delay characteristic agrees with the theory. The delay characteristic can be tuned by changing the power-coupling coefficient of the variable coupler in the loop mirror.

Keywords

compensation; delays; mirrors; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre filters; delay characteristic tuning; dispersion-compensation filter; group delay curve; multichannel dispersion compensator; phase response design; polarization-maintaining fiber loop mirror; power-coupling coefficient; spectrally periodic filter; variable coupler; Clocks; Delay; Mirrors; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber filters; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical refraction;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2003.809918

Filename

1196146