Coherent light generators – Particular beam control device – Optical output stabilization
Patent
1997-08-08
1999-04-27
Healy, Brian
Coherent light generators
Particular beam control device
Optical output stabilization
372 29, 385 24, 359115, 359117, 359124, 359128, H01S 313, G02B 628, H04J 1400
Patent
active
058987193
ABSTRACT:
In an optical frequency stabilizing device for stabilizing optical frequencies of transmission lasers even when optical frequency reference is shut off, an optical shutter 44 is normally held in its open state to pass optical frequency reference light from an optical network to an injection-locked laser device 42. An optical multiplexer 46 multiplexes outputs of a injection-locked laser device 42 and transmission laser devices 40-1 through 40-3, and an optical frequency discriminator 48 scans optical output of the multiplexer 46. Opto-electrically converted output of a photodetector 52 is applied to a control device 50 which controls driving currents, etc. of the laser devices 40-1 through 40-3 to adjust optical output frequencies of the laser devices 40-1 to 40-3 to predetermined values relative to the optical output frequency of the injection-locked laser device 42. The control device 50 also closes the optical shutter 44 for a moment, and adjusts the driving current, etc. of the injection-locked laser device 42 to equalize the optical frequency of optical output of the injection-locked laser device 42 during the close state of the optical shutter 44 to the value during the open state of the optical shutter 44.
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Healy Brian
Kokusai Denshin Denwa Kabushiki Kaisha
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