Integrated Dispersion Compensator Based on Apodized SOI Bragg Gratings

Author

Giuntoni, I. ; Stolarek, David ; Bruns, Jurgen ; Zimmermann, L. ; Tillack, Bernd ; Petermann, K.

Author_Institution

Fachgebiet Hochfrequenztech., Tech. Univ. Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Volume

25

Issue

14

fYear

2013

fDate

15-Jul-13

Firstpage

1313

Lastpage

1316

Abstract

In this letter, we present the design and realization of an integrated drop filter with optimized tapered Bragg gratings for the compensation of the optical chromatic dispersion. An apodization profile for the gratings has been determined for an optimal reduction of the group delay ripple and the enhancement of the system performance. The apodization has been carried out varying the width of the grating trenches at the two ends with a sine profile and the principle has been experimentally demonstrated. The device permits a dispersion compensation of 480 ps/nm and an error-free detection of a DQPSK signal up to 30 Gbaud.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; optical dispersion; optical filters; quadrature phase shift keying; silicon-on-insulator; Bragg gratings; DQPSK; SOI; apodization profile; dispersion compensator; drop filter; error-free detection; group delay ripple; optical chromatic dispersion; silicon-on-insulator; Integrated optics; gratings; optical signal processing; optical waveguide components;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2013.2264050

Filename

6517224