DocumentCode
399009
Title
Tunable dispersion compensator based on novel distributed Gires-Tournois etalons
Author
Shu, Xiaokui ; Sugden, Kate ; Byron, Kelly
Author_Institution
Indigo Photonics Ltd., Brimingham, UK
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
513
Abstract
We report realization of the first all-fiber distributed Gires-Tournois etalons (DOTE) using chirped fiber gratings. We also demonstrate a compact tunable dispersion compensator, which has the advantages of multichannel operation, extremely low group delay ripple, low loss and low cost.
Keywords
Bragg gratings; channel spacing; chirp modulation; light interferometers; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; chirped fiber gratings; distributed Gires-Tournois etalons; group delay ripple; multichannel operation; tunable dispersion compensator; Bragg gratings; Costs; Delay; Fiber gratings; Mirrors; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical losses;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248377
Filename
1248377
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