Silicon photonic tunable optical dispersion compensator

A silicon photonic tunable optical dispersion compensator (TODC) is demonstrated based on a series of 5 thermally tunable Mach- Zehnder interferometers. The TODC has a 2.8mm x 5.0 mm foot-print with continuously tunable dispersion from 0ps/nm to 2000ps/nm with a low tuning power of 80mW. This TODC i...

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Published inOptics express Vol. 15; no. 24; pp. 15836 - 15841
Main Authors Jones, Richard, Doylend, Jonathan, Ebrahimi, Paniz, Ayotte, Simon, Raday, Omri, Cohen, Oded
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 26.11.2007
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Summary:A silicon photonic tunable optical dispersion compensator (TODC) is demonstrated based on a series of 5 thermally tunable Mach- Zehnder interferometers. The TODC has a 2.8mm x 5.0 mm foot-print with continuously tunable dispersion from 0ps/nm to 2000ps/nm with a low tuning power of 80mW. This TODC is used to extend the reach of a 10Gb/s link from 85km to 150km.
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ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.15.015836