40-Wavelength channelized tunable optical dispersion compensator with increased bandwidth consisting of arrayed waveguide gratings and liquid crystal on silicon

Author

Suzuki, Kenya ; Ooba, Naoki ; Ishii, Motohaya ; Seno, Kazunori ; Shibata, Tomohiro ; Mino, Shinji

Author_Institution

Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We propose a novel configuration for a tunable optical dispersion compensator (TODC) with increased bandwidth. We demonstrate 40-wavelength channelized compensation for 400-ps/nm chromatic dispersion with a 40-GHz bandwidth using the proposed TODC.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; integrated optics; liquid crystal on silicon; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; silicon; 40-wavelength channelized compensation; arrayed waveguide gratings; bandwidth 40 GHz; chromatic dispersion; liquid-crystal-on-silicon; tunable optical dispersion compensator; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Lenses; Liquid crystal on silicon; Liquid waveguides; Optical arrays; Optical devices; Optical modulation; Optical waveguides; Spectroscopy; (070.6120) Spatial light modulators; (130.2035) Dispersion compensation devices; (230.3720) Liquid-crystal devices; (230.7390) Waveguides, planar;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2606-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-865-0

Type

conf

Filename

5032624