Tunable optical dispersion compensator with increased bandwidth via connection of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer to an arrayed-waveguide grating

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 560-562

  Doerr, C R ^a   Chandrasekhar, S ^a   Buhl, L L ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gratings; Integrated optics; Optical fiber dispersion; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATINGS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

OPTICAL FIBER DISPERSION; THERMOOPTIC LENS; TUNABLE OPTICAL DISPERSION COMPENSATOR;

DISPERSION COMPENSATION;

EID: 41849145742     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2008.918806     Document Type: Article

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