Title :
Dispersion correction with a robust fiber grating cover the full c-band at 10-gb/s rates with <0.3-dB power penalties
Author :
Brennan, James F., III ; Matthews, Michael R. ; Dower, William V. ; Treadwell, Daniel J. ; Wang, Wei ; Porque, Jerome ; Fan, Xudong
Author_Institution :
3M Co., Austin, TX, USA
Abstract :
Robust wide-bandwidth fiber Bragg gratings have been produced for use as dispersion compensators that yield <0.3-dB power penalties due to distortion over an 80-km transmission fine of nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber in a 10-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero optical communications system.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; 10 Gbit/s; 10-Gb/s nonreturn-to-zero optical communications system; dispersion compensators; dispersion correction; full c-band; nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber; robust fiber grating; wide-bandwidth fiber Bragg gratings; Bandwidth; Bragg gratings; Chirp; Electrodes; Fiber gratings; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical films; Robustness;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2003.819740