Programmable, polarization-independent, and DWDM-capable chromatic dispersion compensator using a virtually-imaged phased-array and spatial light modulator

2006 Optical Fiber Communication Conference, and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lee, Ghang Ho ^a   Xiao, Shrjun ^a   Weiner, Andrew M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRAYS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TUNING;

CHROMATIC DISPERSION; DISPERSION COMPENSATORS; PHASED ARRAYS;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 33845352714     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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