Automatic dispersion compensation for 1.28Tb/s OTDM signal transmission using photonic-chip-based dispersion monitoring

Van Erps, Jürgen; Schröder, Jochen; Vo, Trung D; Pelusi, Mark D; Madden, Steve; Bulla, Douglas; Luther-Davies, Barry; Eggleton, Benjamin J; Choi, Duk-Yong

Automatic dispersion compensation for 1.28Tb/s OTDM signal transmission using photonic-chip-based dispersion monitoring

Date

2010-11-22

Authors

Van Erps, Jürgen

Schröder, Jochen

Vo, Trung D

Pelusi, Mark D

Madden, Steve

Bulla, Douglas

Luther-Davies, Barry

Eggleton, Benjamin J

Choi, Duk-Yong

Publisher

Optical Society of America

Abstract

We present automatic dispersion control of 1.28Tb/s optical time domain multiplexed signals. The dispersion is monitored by measuring the power of the 1.28THz tone of the RF spectrum using a photonic-chip-based radio-frequency spectrum analyzer (PC-RFSA) and the dispersion compensation is realized by means of a spectral pulse shaper, via computer-controlled feedback from the PC-RFSA.