A wavelength-tunable dispersion equalizer using a nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg grating pair mounted on multilayer piezoelectric transducers

被引:7
作者
Inui, T [1 ]
Komukai, T [1 ]
Nakazawa, M [1 ]
机构
[1] NTT, Network Innovat Labs, Kanagawa, Japan
关键词
adaptive equalization; dispersion equalizer; dispersion-shifted fiber; fiber Bragg grating; higher order dispersion; piezoelectric transducer;
D O I
10.1109/68.896343
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
We realized a wavelength-tunable dispersion equalizer using a pair of nonlinearly chirped fiber Bragg gratings mounted on multilayer piezoelectric transducers. The operation region can be continuously tuned up to 7 nm by applying 50 V. This device enables us to equalize the second- and third-order dispersion of dispersion-shifted fibers with different zero dispersion wavelengths over 6 nm. This performance shows that our equalizer can be employed for adaptive equalization.
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页码:1668 / 1670
页数:3
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