Two Mach-Zehnder-type tunable dispersion compensators integrated in series to increase bandwidth and/or range while maintaining single-knob control

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 828-830

  Doerr, C R ^a   Chandrasekhar, S ^a   Cappuzzo, M ^a   Chen, E ^a   Wong Foy, A ^a   Gomez, L ^a   Patel, S ^a   Buhl, L ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gratings; Integrated optics; Optical equalizers; Optical planar waveguide components; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICA; VOLTAGE CONTROL; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL EQUALIZERS; OPTICAL PLANAR WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS; TUNABLE DISPERSION COMPENSATOR (TDC);

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 17644366814     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.843273     Document Type: Article

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