Title :
Channel-by-channel tunable optical dispersion compensator consisting of arrayed-waveguide grating and liquid crystal on silicon
Author :
Seno, Kazunori ; Suzuki, Kenji ; Watanabe, K. ; Ooba, N. ; Mino, Shinji
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a tunable optical dispersion compensator consisting of an arrayed-waveguide grating and a liquid crystal on silicon. We obtained a tuning range of ± 800 ps/nm with a bandwidth of 16 GHz.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; liquid crystal devices; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; Si; arrayed-waveguide grating; bandwidth 16 GHz; liquid crystal on silicon; tunable optical dispersion compensator; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Focusing; Lenses; Liquid crystal on silicon; Mirrors; Optical arrays; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Phased arrays; Spectroscopy;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528757
