• DocumentCode
    1521821
  • Title

    Twin fiber grating tunable dispersion compensator

  • Author

    Fells, J.A.J. ; Kanellopoulos, S.E. ; Bennett, P.J. ; Baker, V. ; Priddle, H.F.M. ; Lee, W.S. ; Collar, A.J. ; Rogers, C.B. ; Goodchild, D.P. ; Feced, R. ; Pugh, B.J. ; Clements, S.J. ; Hadjifotiou, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Nortel Networks, Harlow, UK
  • Volume
    13
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    2001
  • Firstpage
    984
  • Lastpage
    986
  • Abstract
    A new tunable dispersion compensator that does not suffer from higher order dispersion is reported. The device consists of two quadratically chirped fiber Bragg gratings, each with linear strain actuators. The module has a tuning range of 500 ps/nm and a bandwidth of 0.5 nm. In a 40-Gb/s return-to-zero system, the dispersion penalty tolerance is extended from 100 to 600 ps/mm.
  • Keywords
    Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical tuning; 40 Gbit/s; bandwidth; dispersion penalty tolerance; linear strain actuators; module; return-to-zero system,; tunable dispersion compensator; tuning range; twin fiber grating tunable dispersion compensator; two quadratically chirped fiber Bragg gratings; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Capacitive sensors; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Propagation delay; Tunable circuits and devices;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.942668
  • Filename
    942668