Title :
Chromatic-dispersion compensator using virtually imaged phased array
Author_Institution :
MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
A new method for chromatic-dispersion compensation is proposed and demonstrated. This method can produce a chromatic dispersion practically in a wide range from -2000 to +2000 ps/nm and can compensate simultaneously for the dispersion of over 60 wavelength channels with 100-GHz spacing in a wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) system that has a total bandwidth of over 50 nm. This method has further attractive features such as very small polarization-state dependence, mechanically variable chromatic dispersion, and potential for small packaging. It was experimentally confirmed that this method compensated for the chromatic dispersion accumulated through 110 km standard single-mode fiber (SMF) at 1.55-μm wavelength and that 10-Gb/s signal quality was clearly recovered after the 110-km transmission.
Keywords :
arrays; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.55 mum; 10 Gbit/s; 100 GHz; 110 km; bandwidth; chromatic dispersion; chromatic-dispersion compensation; chromatic-dispersion compensator; dispersion; mechanically variable chromatic dispersion; polarization-state dependence; signal quality; small packaging; standard single-mode fiber; transmission; virtually imaged phased array; wavelength channels; wavelength-division multiplexed system; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; Coatings; Fiber gratings; Optical arrays; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Phased arrays; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
