Enhanced continuous tuning speeds of temperature-tuned GT-etalon tunable dispersion compensators for rapid channel provisioning

Three-second continuous tuning from -800 ps/nm to +800 ps/nm dispersion while maintaining GDR <; 10 ps is demonstrated in a GT-etalon-based tunable dispersion compensator using an enhanced trajectory tuning scheme. Sub-one-second continuous tuning capability is also demonstrated experimentally.