Title :
A Tunable Dispersion Compensator with Highly Refractive Silicon Etalons
Author :
Sugawara, Toshiki ; Makio, Satoshi ; Takahashi, Makoto ; Sano, Hirohisa ; Shishikura, Masato ; Kikuchi, Nobuhiko
Author_Institution :
Ltd., Tokyo
Abstract :
We used highly refractive silicon etalons to develop a tunable dispersion compensator with plusmn250-ps/nm tunable range and low <2.3-dB loss (2.1-dB improvement). We demonstrated 40-Gbps-NRZ transmissions with 1000-ps/nm tunable range in a double-pass configuration.
Keywords :
compensation; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; optical fibre communication; NRZ transmissions; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; double-pass configuration; highly refractive silicon etalons; tunable dispersion compensator; Fiber nonlinear optics; High speed optical techniques; Optical filters; Optical noise; Optical reflection; Optical refraction; Optical ring resonators; Optical variables control; Refractive index; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348655
