Title :
Polarization-independent tunable dispersion compensator comprised of a silica arrayed waveguide grating and a polymer slab
Author :
Doerr, C.R. ; Buhl, L.L. ; Cappuzzo, M.A. ; Chen, E.Y. ; Wong-Foy, A. ; Gomez, L.T. ; Blum, R. ; Bulthuis, H.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories, 791 Holmdel-Keyport Road, Holmdel, NJ 07733, crdoerr@lucent.com
Abstract :
We present a planar lightwave circuit tunable optical dispersion compensator that combines silica and polymer waveguides to achieve a low power consumption and low polarization dependence. We demonstrate dispersion compensation of a 10-Gb/s pluggable transceiver.
Keywords :
Arrayed waveguide gratings; Energy consumption; Optical planar waveguides; Optical polarization; Optical polymers; Optical waveguides; Planar waveguides; Silicon compounds; Slabs; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.216045
