Coherent light generators – Particular beam control device – Control of pulse characteristics
Patent
1998-01-14
1999-11-09
Bovernick, Rodney
Coherent light generators
Particular beam control device
Control of pulse characteristics
359247, H01S 310
Patent
active
059827912
ABSTRACT:
An optical system such as an add and/or drop WDM multiplexer allows the wavelength fluctuation of an optical carrier to be tracked so that a corresponding fiber Bragg grating (FBG) can be responsively tuned. The preferred embodiment of the wavelength tracking system in an optical system such as an add and/or drop module includes a three-port optical circulator, three optical fibers, a series of tunable FBGs, a source of a broadband optical noise signal, an optical spectrum analyzer (OSA), and an FBG tuner. In operation, an LED generates modulated probe lightwaves that are inserted into a drop module. The LED lightwaves and the optical carriers propagating through the drop module are monitored by an OSA. The monitoring procedure determines the conditions, in terms of target wavelengths of the FBGs, and the stability or instability of the optical carriers. The FBGs are then tuned in response to the FBG and optical carrier information. In another embodiment, the wavelength of an optical carrier is tracked using a modulated tracking grating and an FBG is adjusted in response to the tracking information.
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Baney Douglas M.
Sorin Wayne V.
Bovernick Rodney
Hewlett--Packard Company
Wise Robert E.
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