Title :
A tunable dispersion compensator comprised of cascaded single-cavity etalons
Author :
Vakoc, B.J. ; Sorin, W.V. ; Kim, B.Y.
Author_Institution :
Novera Opt. Inc., Palo Alto, CA, USA
fDate :
5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We present a tunable dispersion compensator comprised of phase-tuned single-cavity Gires-Tournois etalons. A procedure for optimizing the design is presented and the performance of optimized designs are given as a function of the dispersion tuning range and the number of etalons. The measured performance of a five-etalon device with a ±500-ps/nm dispersion tuning range is also presented.
Keywords :
compensation; light interferometers; optical design techniques; optical fibre dispersion; optical filters; optical tuning; optimisation; reflectivity; cascaded single-cavity etalons; phase-tuned single-cavity Gires-Tournois etalons; tunable dispersion compensator; Concatenated codes; Delay; Design optimization; Filters; Group technology; Manufacturing; Optical ring resonators; Optical tuning; Reflectivity; Transistors; Chromatic dispersion; dispersion compensation; fiber-optics communications;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.845660
