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Optical transceiver and method of operation thereof

US8866058B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

NORTHROP GRUMMAN LITEF GMBH · DE

Inventor

Sven Voigt · Glückstadt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 22, 2010
Grant date	Oct 21, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 5, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04B10/572
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical transceiver comprises a substrate having a temperature control device, a light source, a light-guiding fiber, a detector, optics for collimating the light from the light source, coupling optics for focusing the light beam into the light-guiding fiber, and a beamsplitter which sends one part of the collimated light beam into a wavelength stabilization unit and another part of the collimated light beam into the coupling optics. A wavelength stabilization unit detects and compensates for wavelength drift of the light source. The optical transceiver has a superluminescent diode for its light source and may, for example, be integrated in a fiber-optic gyro.

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