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Fast calibration and programming optical components

US9543737B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

OE Solutions America, Inc. · US

Inventors

Daniel J. Blumenthal · Lompoc, US
Holger N. Klein · Munich, DE
Chad M. Althouse · Englewood Cliffs, US
Todd Chicci · Englewood Cliffs, US
Patrick Bybee · Englewood Cliffs, US
Henrik N. Poulsen · Lompoc, US
Sarat Gundavarapu · Cambridge, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 30, 2015
Grant date	Jan 10, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 30, 2035

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01S5/50
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method and apparatus for calibrating and controlling tunable lasers are disclosed. Multiple methodologies disclosed herein may be used, alone or in combination, which significantly speed up a calibration time and thus provide a significant advantage over existing technology in calibrating the tunable lasers. Certain methodologies benefit from a unique design of the tunable lasers that couple two or more optical facets to an output. The tunable lasers may be equipped with two or more sampled grating distributed Bragg reflector (SGDBR) mirrors and may include Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) after the SGDBR mirrors.

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