40-Gb/s colorless tunable dispersion compensator with 1000-ps/nm tuning range employing a planar lightwave circuit and a deformable mirror
06 March 2005
We propose and demonstrate a tunable dispersion compensator for 40-Gb/s signals consisting of a waveguide grating router and a deformable mirror. It has an adjustment range of ±500 ps/nm and a 100-GHz free-spectral range.