Title :
Wide tuning range and low insertion loss variation dispersion compensator
Author :
Mugnier, A. ; Goyat, E. ; Lesueur, P. ; Pureur, D.
Author_Institution :
Highwave Opt. Technol., Lannion, France
Abstract :
A new tuning configuration for dispersion compensating fibre Bragg gratings is presented. It allows a wide tuning range from -400 to +400 ps/nm without insertion loss variation and is suitable for 40 Gbit/s WDM systems.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; compensation; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre losses; optical tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; 40 Gbit/s; WDM systems; dispersion compensating fibre Bragg gratings; dispersion compensator; insertion loss variation; tuning configuration;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20046572
