Tuning of optical dispersion by using a tunable fiber bragg grating
First Claim
1. A device, comprising:
- a wave-guiding element having (1) an optic axis to transport optical energy along said optic axis and (2) a spatial grating pattern which is an oscillatory variation along said optic axis, said wave-guiding element configured to receive an input optical signal and to produce an output optical signal by reflection within a Bragg reflection band produced by said spatial grating pattern so as to produce time delays of different reflected spectral components as a nonlinear function of spatial positions along said optic axis at which said different reflected spectral components are respectively reflected; and
a control unit engaged to said wave-guiding element and operable to change a property of said spatial grating pattern along said optic axis to tune at least relative time delays of said different reflected spectral components nonlinearly with respect to wavelength.
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Abstract
Techniques and devices based on a wave-guiding element which has a spatial grating pattern that is an oscillatory variation along its optic axis. The wave-guiding element is configured to receive an input optical signal and to produce an output optical signal by reflection within a Bragg reflection band produced by the spatial grating pattern so as to produce time delays of different reflected spectral components as a nonlinear function of spatial positions along said optic axis at which the different reflected spectral components are respectively reflected. Such a wave-guiding element may be a nonlinearly chirped fiber grating A control unit may be engaged to the wave-guiding element and is operable to change a property of the spatial grating pattern along the optic axis to tune at least relative time delays of the different reflected spectral components nonlinearly with respect to wavelength.
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1. A device, comprising:
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a wave-guiding element having (1) an optic axis to transport optical energy along said optic axis and (2) a spatial grating pattern which is an oscillatory variation along said optic axis, said wave-guiding element configured to receive an input optical signal and to produce an output optical signal by reflection within a Bragg reflection band produced by said spatial grating pattern so as to produce time delays of different reflected spectral components as a nonlinear function of spatial positions along said optic axis at which said different reflected spectral components are respectively reflected; and
a control unit engaged to said wave-guiding element and operable to change a property of said spatial grating pattern along said optic axis to tune at least relative time delays of said different reflected spectral components nonlinearly with respect to wavelength. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system, comprising:
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a plurality of optical devices connected in series so that an optical transmission output from one optical device is received by another adjacent optical device located in a downstream of said optical output, wherein each optical device is configured to be independently controlled and includes;
a wave-guiding element having (1) an optic axis to transport optical energy along said optic axis and (2) a spatial grating pattern which is an oscillatory variation along said optic axis, said wave-guiding element configured to receive an input optical signal and to produce (1) an output optical signal by reflection within a Bragg reflection band produced by said spatial grating pattern so as to produce time delays of different reflected spectral components as a nonlinear function of spatial positions along said optic axis at which said different reflected spectral components are respectively reflected, and (2) an output transmission optical signal having spectral components that are not reflected, and a control unit engaged to said wave-guiding element and operable to change a property of said spatial grating pattern along said optic axis to tune at least relative time delays of said different reflected spectral components nonlinearly with respect to wavelength, wherein different spatial grating patterns in different optical devices are configured to produce Bragg reflection bands at different wavelengths. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system, comprising:
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an input optical fiber carry a plurality of optical WDM channels;
a WDM unit coupled to said input optical fiber and configured to spatially separate said WDM channels;
a tunable dispersion module, connected to said WDM unit to receive said WDM channels and operable to change dispersions of said WDM channels to produce modified WDM channels, said dispersion module comprising a plurality of optical devices which are coupled in parallel with respect to one another to said WDM unit to receive said WDM channels and to produce said modified WDM channels, wherein each optical device includes;
a wave-guiding element having (1) an optic axis to transport optical energy along said optic axis and (2) a spatial grating pattern which is an oscillatory variation along said optic axis, said wave-guiding element configured to receive an input optical signal and to produce an output optical signal by reflection within a Bragg reflection band produced by said spatial grating pattern so as to produce time delays of different reflected spectral components as a nonlinear function of spatial positions along said optic axis at which said different reflected spectral components are respectively reflected, and a control unit engaged to said wave-guiding element and operable to change a property of said spatial grating pattern along said optic axis to tune at least relative time delays of said different reflected spectral components nonlinearly with respect to wavelength, wherein different spatial grating patterns in different optical devices are configured to produce Bragg reflection bands at different wavelengths. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A system, comprising:
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a laser configured to produce a laser beam;
a wave-guiding element having (1) an optic axis to transport optical energy along said optic axis and (2) a spatial grating pattern which is an oscillatory variation along said optic axis, said wave-guiding element positioned to receive said laser beam from said laser and to produce an output laser beam by reflection within a Bragg reflection band produced by said spatial grating pattern so as to produce time delays of different reflected spectral components as a nonlinear function of spatial positions along said optic axis at which said different reflected spectral components are respectively reflected; and
a control unit engaged to said wave-guiding element and operable to change a property of said spatial grating pattern along said optic axis to tune at least relative time delays of said different reflected spectral components nonlinearly with respect to wavelength. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A method, comprising:
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designing a wave-guiding element to have (1) an optic axis to transport optical energy along said optic axis and (2) a spatial grating pattern which is an oscillatory variation along said optic axis so that said wave-guiding element operates to produce an output optical signal by reflection within a Bragg reflection band produced by said spatial grating pattern with time delays of different reflected spectral components as a nonlinear function of spatial positions along said optic axis at which said different reflected spectral components are respectively reflected;
directing an input optical signal into said wave-guiding element to produce said output optical signal; and
controlling said wave-guiding element to change a property of said spatial grating pattern along said optic axis so as to tune at least relative time delays of said different reflected spectral components nonlinearly with respect to wavelength. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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67. A method, comprising:
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designing a fiber Bragg grating in a fiber to have a spatial grating pattern which is an oscillatory variation along said fiber to produce an output optical signal by reflection within a Bragg reflection band produced by said spatial grating pattern so that time delays of different reflected spectral components are a nonlinear function of spatial positions along said fiber at which said different reflected spectral components are respectively reflected;
directing an input optical signal into said fiber Bragg grating to produce said output optical signal;
controlling a property of said spatial grating pattern of said fiber Bragg grating so as to (1) shift said Bragg reflection in frequency and (2) tune at least relative time delays of said different reflected spectral components nonlinearly with respect to wavelength. - View Dependent Claims (68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80)
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