Dispersion management method and system for optical transceivers

Abstract

In one embodiment, a method for dispersion compensation by an optical transceiver includes: receiving an output from a digital signal processor of the optical transceiver; determining a difference between the received output and an initial target output; based on determining that the difference between the received output and the initial target output exceeds a threshold, tuning a temperature of a dispersion management device of the optical transceiver across a first temperature range; identifying an adjusted target output based on the temperature tuning across the first temperature range; and adjusting the temperature of the dispersion management device to an adjusted target temperature corresponding to the adjusted target output.