Dispersion Correction with a Robust Fiber Grating over the Full C-Band at 10-Gb/s Rates with <0.3-dB Power Penalties

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1722-1724

  Brennan, James F ^a,b   Matthews, Michael R ^a   Dower, William V ^a   Treadwell, Daniel J ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Porque, Jerome ^a   Fan, Xudong ^a  

^a 3M COMPANY   (United States)

^b IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

All fiber devices; Chromatic dispersion; Dispersion compensation; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Gratings

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH; CARBON; DIAMOND FILMS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; HYDROGEN; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TRANSPARENCY;

ALL-FIBER DEVICES; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; DISPERSION COMPENSATION;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 0346829875     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.819740     Document Type: Article

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