Title :
Tunable dispersion slope compensator based on chirped FBGs with temperature distribution for 160 Gbit/s
Author :
Wakabayashi, Shin´ichi ; Baba, A. ; Moriya, H. ; Wang, X. ; Hasegawa, T. ; Suzuki, A.
Author_Institution :
Matsushita Electr., Kawasaki, Japan
Abstract :
Tunable dispersion slope compensator based on FBGs is presented, which can be tuned precisely with parabolic temperature distribution. Using this device, 160 Gbit/s signals are transmitted over 140 km within 1 dB power penalty.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical tuning; temperature distribution; wavelength division multiplexing; 1 dB; 140 km; 160 Gbit/s; chirped FBGs; parabolic temperature distribution; power penalty; slope compensator; tunable dispersion; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Fiber gratings; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber testing; Polarization mode dispersion; Temperature distribution; Tunable circuits and devices;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1247467
