• DocumentCode
    2343329
  • Title

    ps/nm tunable dispersion compensator using cascaded Gires-Tournois etalons

  • Author

    Yang, Di ; Chen, Wei ; Lin, Christopher ; Barbarossa, Giovanni

  • Author_Institution
    Avanex Corp., Fremont, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-27 July 2005
  • Firstpage
    169
  • Lastpage
    170
  • Abstract
    We proposed a novel tunable dispersion compensator using cascaded, thermally tunable Gires-Tournois etalons. We present results demonstrating tunability over the range +2000 ps/nm to -2000 ps/nm with a usable window of 0.2 nm at 50 GHz channel spacing.
  • Keywords
    high-speed optical techniques; light interferometers; optical dispersion; optical tuning; 50 GHz; cascaded Gires-Tournois etalons; tunable dispersion compensator; Channel spacing; Delay; Dispersion; Encyclopedias; Linear regression; Optical filters; Optical ring resonators; Passband; Reflectivity; Resonator filters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
  • ISSN
    1099-4742
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8981-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1528047
  • Filename
    1528047