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
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;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Summer Topical Meetings, 2005 Digest of the
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8981-6
DOI :
10.1109/LEOSST.2005.1528047
