DocumentCode
1552972
Title
Dispersion slope equaliser on planar lightwave circuit for 40 Gbit/s based WDM transmission
Author
Takiguchi, K. ; Okamoto, K. ; Goh, T.
Author_Institution
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
Volume
37
Issue
24
fYear
2001
fDate
11/22/2001 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
1469
Lastpage
1470
Abstract
A dispersion slope equaliser on a planar lightwave circuit for 8 × 40 Gbit/s WDM transmission is reported. This device consists of an eight-equaliser array fabricated on one wafer and an arrayed-waveguide grating. The bias electrical power needed for thermooptic phase shifts was reduced by over 90%
Keywords
diffraction gratings; equalisers; integrated optoelectronics; optical arrays; optical communication equipment; optical waveguides; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; Gbit/s WDM transmission; Gbit/s based WDM transmission; arrayed waveguide grating; bias electrical power; dispersion slope equaliser; eight-equaliser array; planar lightwave circuit; thermooptic phase shifts;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:20010977
Filename
970399
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