Title :
Compactly arranged 25-stage PLC mach-zehnder-type wide-band tunable dispersion compensator
Author :
Kawashima, Hiroshi ; Nara, Kazutaka
Author_Institution :
Fitel Photonics Lab., Furukawa Electr. Co., Ltd., Ichihara
Abstract :
We fabricated a compactly arranged 25-stage PLC MZI type tunable dispersion compensator with FSR=200 GHz, and achieved +/-300 ps/nm of dispersion and 60 GHz of usable bandwidth with low polarization dependency.
Keywords :
integrated optics; light polarisation; optical dispersion; optical tuning; Mach-Zehnder-type compensator; bandwidth 60 GHz; compactly arranged compensator; frequency 200 GHz; low polarization dependency; planar lightwave circuit; wide-band tunable dispersion compensator; Bandwidth; Couplers; Delay lines; Dispersion; Photonics; Polarization; Programmable control; Tunable circuits and devices; Turning; Wideband;
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.2008.4729151
