Reconfigurable dispersion equalizer based on phase-apodized fiber Bragg gratings

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 16, 2008, Pages 2899-2908

  Doucet, Serge ^a   LaRochelle, Sophie ^a   Morin, Michel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b TERAXION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dispersion compensation; Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Optical equalizer; Optical fiber filter

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CHROMATIC DISPERSION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DISPERSION (WAVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC DISPERSION; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; WAVE FILTERS;

10GBIT/S; BIT ERROR RATE MEASUREMENTS; CHANNEL DISPERSIONS; CHANNEL SPACINGS; EQUALIZER DESIGNS; FABRICATION IMPERFECTIONS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING FILTERS; NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL EQUALIZER; OPTICAL FIBER FILTER; PHASE RIPPLES; RE-CONFIGURATIONS; RECONFIGURABLE; RESONATING CAVITIES; SPECIFIC DESIGNS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; STANDARD DEVIATIONS; TEMPERATURE PROFILES; TUNING RANGES; WDM SYSTEMS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 56349117992     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.912048     Document Type: Article

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