Colorless photonic spectral processor using hybrid guided-wave/free-space optics arrangement and LCoS modulator

Author

Sinefeld, David ; Marom, Dan M.

Author_Institution

Appl. Phys. Dept., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem

fYear

2009

fDate

22-26 March 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a spectral phase and amplitude modulator with a 100-GHz free-spectral range capable of mitigating signal impairments. The processor achieves 1.8-GHz optical resolution over 80-GHz usable bandwidth, with 557-MHz addressable granularity.

Keywords

amplitude modulation; integrated optics; liquid crystal on silicon; optical communication equipment; optical dispersion; optical modulation; optical resolving power; optical waveguides; phase modulation; signal processing; LCoS Modulator; addressable granularity; bandwidth 100 GHz; bandwidth 80 GHz; colorless photonic spectral processor; free-spectral range; hybrid guided-wave-free-space optics arrangement; liquid crystal on silicon; optical resolution; signal impairments; spectral amplitude modulator; spectral phase modulator; usable bandwidth; Amplitude modulation; Lenses; Liquid crystal on silicon; Optical devices; Optical filters; Optical imaging; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Phase modulation; Phased arrays; (060.2330) fiber optics communications; (130.2035) dispersion compensation devices; (130.7408) wavelength filtering devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2606-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-55752-865-0

Type

conf

Filename

5032625