Title :
Cascadability study of dispersion-compensated interleaver pairs for metro add/drop applications using a re-circulating loop
Author :
Huang, Ming-Fang ; Wei, Chia-Chien ; Lai, Chung-Yu ; Lin, Tse-Yu ; Chen, Jason ; Chi, Sien ; Feng, Kai-Ming
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics, Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
Abstract :
A cascadability study is performed, using a re-circulating loop, of a 50-GHz-spaced dispersion-compensated interleaver pair. After five cascaded nodes, a 2.5-dB sensitivity differential is observed with ±0.07 nm wavelength detuning for with/without dispersion compensation pair.
Keywords :
cascade networks; channel spacing; metropolitan area networks; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; 50 GHz; cascadability study; dispersion-compensated interleaver pair; metro add-drop application; re-circulating loop; wavelength detuning; Bandwidth; Birefringence; Delay; Frequency; Insertion loss; Optical fiber communication; Optical filters; Optical losses; Optical sensors; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference, 2005. QELS '05
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-796-2
DOI :
10.1109/QELS.2005.1549269
