• 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