• DocumentCode
    1562499
  • Title

    Dispersion Trimming Using a Liquid Crystal on Silicon Based Wavelength Selective Switch

  • Author

    Roelens, Michael A. F. ; Abakoumov, Dmitri ; Bolger, Jeremy ; Baxter, Glenn ; Frisken, Steve ; Poole, Simon ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Phys., Sydney Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • fYear
    2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    The functionality of an LCOS-based wavelength selective switch is extended to do dispersion trimming, tunable per channel and output port. We experimentally demonstrate pulse splitting with different dispersion settings in each of the split signals.
  • Keywords
    liquid crystal on silicon; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical switches; Si; dispersion trimming; liquid crystal on silicon; pulse splitting; wavelength selective switch; Australia; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Delay; Liquid crystal on silicon; Optical devices; Optical fiber communication; Optical switches; Optical variables control; Phase modulation;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-856-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528756
  • Filename
    4528756