Title :
Photonic delay line for broadband optical signals, based on dynamic grating reflectors in fibers
Author :
Chin, Sanghoon ; Primerov, Nikolay ; Thevenaz, Luc
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Electr. Eng., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate that a novel type of photonic delay line based on movable dynamic grating reflectors generated in polarization maintaining fibers can provide continuously tunable signal delaying for high capacity optical data streams and wide bandwidth microwave signals.
Keywords :
broadband networks; microwaves; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical signal detection; bandwidth microwave signals; broadband optical signals; dynamic grating reflectors; optical data streams; photonic delay line; polarization maintaining fibers; Delay; Fiber gratings; Gratings; Optical distortion; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber polarization; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621406
