Tunable Dispersion Trimming in Wavelength Selective Switch: a Dynamic Wavelength Processing Platform

Author

Roelens, Michael A. F. ; Bolger, Jeremy ; Pelusi, Mark ; Eggleton, Benjamin J.

Author_Institution

Centre for Ultrahigh-bandwidth Devices for Opt. Syst. (CUDOS) & Sch. of Phys., Univ. of Sydney, Sydney, NSW

fYear

2007

fDate

24-27 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We experimentally investigate spectral phase modulation in a dynamic wavelength processor based on LCOS technology. Tunable dispersion compensation for agile optical networks is demonstrated at bitrates of 40 Gbit/s.

Keywords

integrated optics; liquid crystal on silicon; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; optical switches; phase modulation; LCOS; agile optical networks; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; dynamic wavelength processing platform; spectral phase modulation; tunable dispersion compensation; tunable dispersion trimming; wavelength selective switch; Australia; Dispersion; High speed optical techniques; Liquid crystal on silicon; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical switches; Phase modulation; Pulse measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Internet, 2007 and the 2007 32nd Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. COIN-ACOFT 2007. Joint International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

Print_ISBN

978-0-9775657-3-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-9775657-3-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COINACOFT.2007.4519180

Filename

4519180