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.

Abstract: A dynamic power equalization module (10) for an optical network is provided. It includes a module input (16) for receiving an optical transmission (14) containing a combination of different channels (C1-Cn). Each channel (C1-Cn) has a different characteristic wavelength (&lgr;1-&lgr;n) and different varying power. A power equalization device that is polarization insensitive is connected between the module input (16) and a module output (20). The power equalization device is driven by RF acoustic signals (26). A feedback loop (22) receives at least a portion of output from the module output (20) and generates, based upon a comparison of relative powers of the different channels (C1-Cn), the RF acoustic signals (26) which drive the power equalization device. The power equalization device is driven such that it dynamically controls transmission of the different channels (C1-Cn) to substantially equalize power differentials therebetween.

Abstract: A nonlinearly chirped fiber grating for achieving tunable dispersion compensation, dispersion slope compensation, polarization mode dispersion, chirp reduction in directly modulated diode lasers, and optical pulse manipulation. A dynamical dispersion compensation mechanism can be implemented in a fiber communication system based on such a nonlinearly chirped fiber grating.

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.

Abstract: A nonlinearly chirped fiber grating for achieving tunable dispersion compensation, chirp reduction in directly modulated diode lasers, and optical pulse manipulation. A dynamical dispersion compensation mechanism can be implemented in a fiber communication system based on such a nonlinearly chirped fiber grating.