A visible-light communication and illumination array includes a substrate and plural surface-emitting superluminescent diodes, SLDs, distributed across the substrate. A first set of SLDs of the plural SLDs generates a first light beam having substantially a first wavelength, a second set of SLDs of the plural SLDs generates a second light beam having substantially a second wavelength, and a third set of SLDs of the plural SLDs generates a third light beam having substantially a third wavelength. The array further includes a controller configured to encode at least one of the first light beam, the second light beam and the third light beam to transmit information. A combination of the first light beam, the second light beam and the third light beam produces white light.

A visible-light communication and illumination array includes a substrate and plural surface-emitting superluminescent diodes, SLDs, distributed across the substrate. A first set of SLDs of the plural SLDs generates a first light beam having substantially a first wavelength, a second set of SLDs of the plural SLDs generates a second light beam having substantially a second wavelength, and a third set of SLDs of the plural SLDs generates a third light beam having substantially a third wavelength. The array further includes a controller configured to encode at least one of the first light beam, the second light beam and the third light beam to transmit information. A combination of the first light beam, the second light beam and the third light beam produces white light.

Systems and methods are described for transmitting information optically. For instance, a system may include an optical source configured to generate a beam of light. The system may include at least one modulator configured to encode data on the beam of light to produce an encoded beam of light/encoded plurality of pulses. The system may include a spectrally-equalizing amplifier configured to receive the encoded beam of light/encoded plurality of pulses from the at least one modulator and both amplify and filter the encoded beam of light/encoded plurality of pulses to produce a filtered beam of light/filtered plurality of pulses, thereby spectrally equalizing a gain applied to the encoded beam of light. In some cases, the system may slice the beam of slight, to ensure a detector has impulsive detection. In some cases, the system may include a temperature controller to shift a distribution curve of wavelengths of the optical source.

Systems and methods are described for transmitting information optically. For instance, a system may include an optical source configured to generate a beam of light. The system may include at least one modulator configured to encode data on the beam of light to produce an encoded beam of light/encoded plurality of pulses. The system may include a spectrally-equalizing amplifier configured to receive the encoded beam of light/encoded plurality of pulses from the at least one modulator and both amplify and filter the encoded beam of light/encoded plurality of pulses to produce a filtered beam of light/filtered plurality of pulses, thereby spectrally equalizing a gain applied to the encoded beam of light. In some cases, the system may slice the beam of slight, to ensure a detector has impulsive detection. In some cases, the system may include a temperature controller to shift a distribution curve of wavelengths of the optical source.

Some implementations described herein provide an optical receiver system. The optical receiver system includes optical circuitry that may include a phase shifter device, a demultiplexer device, a power combiner device, and/or a power splitter device. Different combinations of such devices within the optical circuitry may balance and/or reduce photocurrents within the photodiode device to improve a performance (e.g., a bandwidth) of the optical receiver system relative to another optical receiver system that does not include the optical circuitry.

Some implementations described herein provide an optical receiver system. The optical receiver system includes optical circuitry that may include a phase shifter device, a demultiplexer device, a power combiner device, and/or a power splitter device. Different combinations of such devices within the optical circuitry may balance and/or reduce photocurrents within the photodiode device to improve a performance (e.g., a bandwidth) of the optical receiver system relative to another optical receiver system that does not include the optical circuitry.

Dispersion compensating phase filters, their method of manufacture and use are presented. The phase filters are designed to compensate for chromatic dispersion accumulated by a telecommunication optical signal when travelling in a dispersive line. The phase filter is made by first determining a target dispersion compensating phase profile of a channel of the telecommunication optical signal. This determination involves discretizing the phase profile of the dispersive line into a plurality of frequency sub-bands over a bandwidth of the channel, each frequency sub-band having a width selected on view of compensating the chromatic dispersion. For each frequency sub-band, an average phase value of the phase profile of the dispersive line is computed, and then converted to an equivalent 2Pi-bound phase value, used in building the target dispersion compensating phase profile. A spectral filtering structure embodying the target dispersion compensating profile is manufactured.

Dispersion compensating phase filters, their method of manufacture and use are presented. The phase filters are designed to compensate for chromatic dispersion accumulated by a telecommunication optical signal when travelling in a dispersive line. The phase filter is made by first determining a target dispersion compensating phase profile of a channel of the telecommunication optical signal. This determination involves discretizing the phase profile of the dispersive line into a plurality of frequency sub-bands over a bandwidth of the channel, each frequency sub-band having a width selected on view of compensating the chromatic dispersion. For each frequency sub-band, an average phase value of the phase profile of the dispersive line is computed, and then converted to an equivalent 2Pi-bound phase value, used in building the target dispersion compensating phase profile. A spectral filtering structure embodying the target dispersion compensating profile is manufactured.

An optical transmission system includes a first optical communication device configured to output an optical signal, a first FBG-DCM configured to perform wavelength dispersion compensation on the optical signal output by the first optical communication device, and a second optical communication device configured to receive the optical signal wavelength-dispersion compensated by the first FBG-DCM through at first optical transmission path of an optical fiber.

An optical transmission system includes a first optical communication device configured to output an optical signal, a first FBG-DCM configured to perform wavelength dispersion compensation on the optical signal output by the first optical communication device, and a second optical communication device configured to receive the optical signal wavelength-dispersion compensated by the first FBG-DCM through at first optical transmission path of an optical fiber.