Title :
Dispersion slope equaliser using bend-induced positive dispersion slope in coiled pure-silica fibre
Author :
Kato, M. ; Yoshizawa, N. ; Sugie, T. ; Okamoto, K.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
5/24/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The dispersion slope of a dispersion-shifted fibre has been successfully equalised by using a bend-induced positive dispersion slope in a singlemode fibre. We realised the bent fibre dispersion slope equaliser by using a 1.3 μm zero-dispersion pure silica core fibre (PSM). This equaliser provides a dispersion slope of -12.54 ps/nm2 /km in the 1.5 μm region
Keywords :
equalisers; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; silicon compounds; 1.3 mum; 1.5 mum; SiO2; bend-induced positive dispersion slope; bent fibre dispersion slope equaliser; coiled pure-silica fibre; dispersion slope; dispersion slope equaliser; dispersion-shifted fibre; equaliser; singlemode fibre; zero-dispersion pure silica core fibre;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20010481