Synthesis of a Grating for Dispersion Compensation
Step 1
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Open a new project with File > New > Single Fiber. |
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Choose Calculation > Inverse Scattering Solver to get the Inverse Problem Solver dialog box. |
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Set the From and To wavelength fields to 1.5498 and 1.5502. |
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Set the grating length at 20 cm in the Length field. |
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Click on the Ref/Trans Define button to define the reflection spectrum. |
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Set the bandwidth to 0.4 nm and the reflectivity to 0.9 within this band. |
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Click OK. |
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Select the Disp radio button and click the adjacent Define button to define the dispersion spectrum. |
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In this screen, set the dispersion to -1800 ps/nm for all wavelengths, as seen above. |
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Click OK. |
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Click the Causality button to see the impulse response of the specified spectrum. |
Step 2
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Click Start in the Inverse Problem Solver dialog box to start the layer peeling algorithm.. |
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Select the Delay tab. |
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Select the red and light blue curves to show the transmitted and reflected delays. The dark blue curve shows the target delay. |
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Click in the graph window and go to Tools > Group Delay |
- The window displays the reconstructed group delay with a second order fitting.
The dispersion is reported in the Results frame as -1773.79 ps/nm, in close
agreement with the desired response.
