DocumentCode
531420
Title
Nonuniform transmission lines for broadband dispersion compensation
Author
Ranzani, Leonardo ; Rondineau, Sebastien ; Boffi, Pierpaolo ; Martinelli, Mario ; Popovic, Zoya
Author_Institution
Electr. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
28-30 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
324
Lastpage
327
Abstract
This paper discusses broadband dispersion control at microwave frequencies using non-uniform transmission-line elements. The motivation for the work is post-dispersion in optical links for compensating fiber dispersion. The implemented designs cover a 15GHz bandwidth, over which a linearly increasing group delay from about 200 ps to 400 ps is desired. Dispersion is accomplished with non-uniform transmission lines used in both transmission and reflection modes. Finally the two architectures are compared.
Keywords
optical fibre dispersion; broadband dispersion compensation; frequency 15 GHz; microwave frequency; nonuniform transmission line; optical links;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Conference (EuMC), 2010 European
Conference_Location
Paris
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-7232-1
Type
conf
Filename
5616250
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