Planar lightwave circuit dispersion equaliserwith a wide operational frequency range
- 18 August 1994
- journal article
- Published by Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in Electronics Letters
- Vol. 30 (17) , 1404-1406
- https://doi.org/10.1049/el:19940941
Abstract
The authors report an integrated-optic dispersion equaliser with an amplitude flattening circuit on a planar lightwave circuit. The equaliser consists of six asymmetrical Mach-Zehnder interferometers cascaded in series. The operational frequency range of the equaliser is successfully extended from 12.6 to 21.2 GHz by amplitude flattening without deteriorating the delay characteristics.Keywords
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