Title :
Effect of modulator chirp and sinusoidal group delay ripple on the performance of dispersion compensating gratings
Author :
Cartledge, J.C. ; Jamal, S. ; Hubbard, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Queen´´s Univ., Canada
Abstract :
In summary, we have demonstrated the importance of including modulator chirp and filtering in assessing the implications of group delay ripple (GDR) in dispersion compensating fiber Bragg gratings. Otherwise misleading results can be obtained.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; chirp modulation; compensation; delays; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical modulation; GDR; dispersion compensating fiber Bragg gratings; group delay ripple; modulator chirp; optical fibre filtering; sinusoidal group delay ripple; Chirp modulation; Delay effects; Fiber nonlinear optics; Gratings; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical pulse shaping; Optical receivers; Phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-701-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2002.1036635
