Title :
Tunable group delay staircases for generation of WDM pulse bursts from short optical pulses
Author :
Sinefeld, David ; Fattal, Y. ; Marom, Dan M.
Author_Institution :
Appl. Phys. Dept., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
We demonstrate tunable GD staircases by cascading a narrowband TODC and continuous CD systems. The TODC compresses a significant fraction of the narrowband TODC FSR, resulting in transform limited pulse bursts distinguished by wavelength.
Keywords :
compensation; delays; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical pulse generation; optical tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; FSR; GD staircase; TODC; WDM pulse burst generation; chromatic dispersion; continuous CD systems; short optical pulses; transfer function; tunable group delay staircases; tunable optical dispersion compensator; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Narrowband; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical pulses;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
