Title :
Quality considerations of chirped fibre Bragg gratings for dispersion compensation in WDM systems
Author :
Durkin, Michael K. ; Zervas, Mikhail N. ; Laming, Richard I.
Author_Institution :
Optoelectron. Res. Centre, Southampton Univ., UK
Abstract :
We evaluate the effect of imperfections both in long broadband fibre gratings and in cascades of shorter devices for multi-channel dispersion compensation. Similar performance levels are observed; the effect on transmission is predicted to be constant across the operational bandwidth
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; compensation; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM systems; chirped fibre Bragg gratings; dispersion compensation; long broadband fibre gratings; multi-channel dispersion compensation; operational bandwidth; quality considerations; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Delay; Dispersion; Fiber gratings; Noise level; Optical fiber devices; Reflectivity; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
84-89900-14-0
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.1998.732623
