Title :
Tunable high order dispersion compensator for optimized 40Gb/s performance in 50GHz channel spacing
Author :
Lize, Yannick Keith ; Summa, Mark ; Wigley, Peter ; Malouin, Christian ; Schmidt, Theodore J. ; Day, Pat
Author_Institution :
StrataLight Commun., Los Gatos, CA
Abstract :
We analyse the penalty associated with high-order dispersion in concatenated optical filters for 40 Gb/s channels in 50 GHz spacing, and demonstrate a tunable high-order dispersion-compensator to mitigate this penalty. Less than 0.1 dB/ROADM of penalty is demonstrated.
Keywords :
channel spacing; optical communication; channel spacing; dispersion compensator; optical filters; Bandwidth; Channel spacing; Delay; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber filters; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical receivers; Signal design; 060.2340; 060.5060;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
