Title :
Tunable integrated optical delay lines for time-interleaved polarization multiplexing
Author :
Morichetti, F. ; Ferrari, C. ; Martinelli, M. ; Melloni, A.
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettron. e Inf., Politec. di Milano, Milan
Abstract :
Continuously tunable relative delay between orthogonally polarized data-streams is demonstrated in an integrated ring-resonator CROW. System performance and applications to polarization-division multiplexing transmission systems are discussed.
Keywords :
integrated optics; multiplexing; optical couplers; optical delay lines; optical fibre polarisation; optical resonators; optical tuning; CROW; coupled-resonator optical waveguide; integrated ring-resonator; time-interleaved polarization multiplexing transmission system; tunable integrated optical delay line; Delay lines; Integrated optics; OFDM; Optical polarization; Optical propagation; Optical waveguides; Passband; Propagation delay; Resonance; Tellurium;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729150
