Planar lightwave circuit dispersion equalizer

Author

Takiguchi, Koichi ; Okamoto, Katsunari ; Moriwaki, Kazuyuki

Volume

14

Issue

9

fYear

1996

fDate

9/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2003

Lastpage

2011

Abstract

The authors report an integrated-optic dispersion equalizer fabricated on a planar lightwave circuit (PLC). This PLC dispersion equalizer is composed of several asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometers cascaded in series. The dispersion equalizer has a high degree of design flexibility and can compensate for both normal and anomalous fiber dispersions at any center wavelength. Moreover, the equalizer can be applied to WDM transmission systems. This equalizer employing five asymmetrical interferometers is fabricated and its measured dispersion values are +834 and -1006 ps/nm. The effectiveness of the equalizer is demonstrated in a 2.5 Gb/s transmission experiment with a 1.3 μm zero-dispersion fiber at 1.55 μm. Also, its performance is evaluated theoretically

Keywords

Mach-Zehnder interferometers; compensation; equalisers; integrated optoelectronics; optical communication equipment; optical fabrication; optical fibre dispersion; symmetry; wavelength division multiplexing; μm zero-dispersion fiber; 1.3 mum; 1.55 mum; 2.5 Gbit/s; Gb/s transmission experiment; PLC dispersion equalizer; WDM transmission systems; anomalous fiber dispersion; asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometers; asymmetrical interferometers; center wavelength; design flexibility; integrated-optic dispersion equalizer fabrication; measured dispersion values; normal fiber dispersion; optical fibre dispersion compensation; planar lightwave circuit dispersion equalizer; Circuits; Equalizers; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical solitons; Programmable control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.536968

Filename

536968