DocumentCode
1498338
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
Volume
37
Issue
11
fYear
2001
fDate
5/24/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
680
Lastpage
682
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20010481
Filename
926438
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