Title :
Grating superposition encoded into a phase mask for efficient fabrication of dispersion slope compensators
Author :
Painchaud, Yves ; Poulin, Michel ; Morin, Michael
Author_Institution :
TeraXion, Ste.-Foy, Que., Canada
Abstract :
A dispersion slope compensator based on a fiber Bragg grating is reported. The multi-channel character is achieved through a grating superposition encoded into a phase mask. Large channel-to-channel dispersion variations are achieved while keeping the channel passband uniform.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; encoding; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre fabrication; telecommunication channels; channel passband; channel-to-channel dispersion variations; dispersion slope compensators; encoding; fiber Bragg grating; grating superposition; multichannel compensator; optical fabrication; phase mask;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
