• DocumentCode
    1182186
  • Title

    Planar lightwave circuit dispersion equaliser with a wide operational frequency range

  • Author

    Takiguchi, K. ; Okamoto, K.

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Opto-Electron. Labs., Ibaraki
  • Volume
    30
  • Issue
    17
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    8/18/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1404
  • Lastpage
    1406
  • Abstract
    The authors report an integrated-optic dispersion equaliser with an amplitude flattening circuit on a planar lightwave circuit. The equaliser consists of six asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometers cascaded in series. The operational frequency range of the equaliser is successfully extended from 12.6 to 21.2 GHz by amplitude flattening without deteriorating the delay characteristics
  • Keywords
    equalisers; integrated optics; light interferometers; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; amplitude flattening circuit; asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometers; delay characteristics; integrated-optic dispersion equaliser; operational frequency range; planar lightwave circuit; series cascade;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:19940941
  • Filename
    326291