US Patent:
20090021833, Jan 22, 2009
Inventors:
Bahram Jalali - Los Angeles CA, US
Todd Sienicki - Los Angeles CA, US
Assignee:
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - Oakland CA
International Classification:
G02B 5/18
Abstract:
A system and method to chromomodally generate dispersion in light waves. The system and method may be used to control dispersive effects of an optical element such as a single-mode fiber. A light beam from the optical element is first collimated and then directed on to a spatially diffractive element where it is spatially dispersed into various chromatic frequency components. This frequency-separated light is then imparted onto a dispersion slope equalizer, and then passed into a highly multimode waveguide, where it is further dispersed. The light is then collected and focused back into an outgoing fiber-optic or other optical device.