Eye piece and tunable chromatic dispersion compensator using the same

Abstract

An eye piece (403) for use in a tunable chromatic dispersion compensator comprises a first strip (4031) made of a first metal, a second strip (4032) made of a second metal, a heater/cooler (4033), and a tunable positioning bar (4034). The second strip (4032) is attached to the first strip (4031), the heater/cooler (4033) is attached to the second strip (4032) for heating/cooling the first and second strips (4031, 4032), the tunable positioning bar (4034) is attached to the heater/cooler (4033) for keeping the position of the eye piece (403) in the tunable chromatic dispersion compensator, and the first metal and the second metal have different expanding coefficients from each other, so that in response to a change in temperature, the shape of the eye piece (403) is changed from a first shape to a second shape. A tunable chromatic dispersion compensator uses the eye piece (403).

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