ANAHEIM, Calif. -- OFC 2002 -- Southampton Photonics today announced the smallest available multi-channel Dispersion Compensating Grating (DCG). Measuring only 180mmx 6.5mm in packaged format, the BragNetT DCG can compensate for chromatic dispersion in up to four optical network channels simultaneously and individually. It uses a chirped Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) design to match the dispersion slope of any fiber type to within 99 percent accuracy per channel and could be used for producing ultra-small sub-band or full-band compensation modules. An unpackaged, fiber version will be ideal for use in tuneable systems. Supplied either as a packaged device for use in fixed wavelength compensation applications, or in fiber format for use in tuneable compensation modules, the high power handling capability and small size of the BragNet DCGs will offer many advantages to network equipment designers. They feature a wide range of compensation values from 200 to 2000ps/nm, an insertion loss of <1.5dB, and can operate over the C and L-bands. The BragNet DCGs represent a natural product extension for Southampton Photonics as Marketing Director, Vince Sykes, outlined: "We introduced the world's most accurate Fiber Bragg Grating with a channel spacing of 25GHz at last year's OFC, and the dispersion compensating gratings are a natural extension of this breakthrough technology. They will give subsystem designers enormous flexibility; they can use between one and four channel packaged devices to build the smallest, most cost-effective, multi-channel compensation modules available, or they can use the unpackaged gratings in tuneable systems." Southampton Photonics Inc. For more information on OFC 2002, please visit: www.nottheofc.com