Title :
Ultrawide-passband tandem MZI-synchronized AWG and group delay ripple balancing out technique
Author :
Oguma, M. ; Kitoh, T. ; Mori, A. ; Takahashi, H.
Author_Institution :
NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a novel wide passband MZI-synchronized AWG and a simple way to eliminate its group delay ripple. We obtained a 0.5-dB passband of 69 GHz and a 0.5 ps total GDR for a dispersion balanced out pair.
Keywords :
Mach-Zehnder interferometers; arrayed waveguide gratings; Mach-Zehnder interferometers; arrayed waveguide gratings; group delay ripple balancing out technique; passband MZI-synchronized AWG; ultrawide-passband tandem MZI-synchronized AWG; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Converters; Delay; Dispersion; Optical interferometry; Passband; Synchronization;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621255
