LOCKING DEVICE FOR OPTICAL FREQUENCY MULTIPLEXING

    公开(公告)号:JPH08163097A

    公开(公告)日:1996-06-21

    申请号:JP6813995

    申请日:1995-03-27

    Abstract: PURPOSE: To maximize the number of multiplexing light sources by enhancing the extinction ratio of an error signal. CONSTITUTION: A center carrier frequency of each light source 13 is dithered by a low frequency signal from each low frequency oscillator 11. Optical signals from the light sources are coupled by a 2×2 photocoupler 15. One output from the photocoupler 15 is sent externally as a final multiplexed output and the other output is fed to an optical fiber filter 17 in a resonance means via a 2×1 photocoupler 16. The optical signal reflected in the filter 17 is converted into an electric signal by a photo detector 18 via the photocoupler 16 and the electric signal is fed to an optical frequency stabilizing controller 19. A PID circuit 20 in the controller 19 detects an error signal, it is converted into a corresponding current by a PSD circuit 21 and the current is applied as a bias to the light sources 13. Since center carrier frequencies f1-fn of the light sources 13 are aligned corresponding to resonance frequencies f1'-fn' of the resonator by repeating the process above, an output that is optical-frequency-multiplexed at an equal interval is obtained.

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