Title :
Group delay ripple in fibre Bragg grating tunable dispersion compensators
Author :
Lachance, R.L. ; Morin, M. ; Painchaud, Y.
Author_Institution :
TeraXion, Sainte-Foy, Que., Canada
fDate :
11/21/2002 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Insertion loss and group delay ripples of linearly chirped FBG-based tunable dispersion compensators are computed numerically and measured experimentally, It is shown that their magnitude depends on the dispersion level of the device.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; compensation; delays; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical tuning; 10 to 40 Gbit/s; FBG-based tunable dispersion compensators; dispersion level; fibre Bragg grating; group delay ripple; high-speed optical-fibre communication systems; insertion loss; linearly chirped FBG; long-haul communication systems; optical fibre chromatic dispersion;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20021049
