Tunable dispersion slope compensation for WDM systems using a single non-channelized third-order-chirped FBG

Author

Song, Y.W. ; Motoghian, S.M.R. ; Starodubov, D. ; Rothenberg, J.E. ; Pan, Z. ; Li, H. ; Wilcox, R. ; Popelek, J. ; Caldwell, R. ; Grubsky, V. ; Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

580

Lastpage

581

Abstract

We demonstrate a novel technique for tunable dispersion slope compensation that relies on a single nonchannelized chirped fiber Bragg grating (FBG). This grating is unique in that it is written such that the time delay as a function of wavelength is a third-order profile that covers several WDM channels over a continuous bandwidth of many nanometers. The dispersion range provided by the grating for the WDM channels can be up to 400 ps/nm, enabling dispersion slope compensation.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; compensation; delays; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical tuning; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM channels; WDM systems; continuous bandwidth; dispersion slope; dispersion slope compensation; grating bandwidth; single nonchannelized chirped fiber Bragg grating; single nonchannelized third-order-chirped FBG; third-order profile; time delay; tunable dispersion slope compensation; wavelength; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Chromatic dispersion; Fiber gratings; Gold; Optical design; Photonics; Temperature; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036569

Filename

1036569