Wavelength control and calibration for wavelength division multiplexed optical communication

Author

Gilbert, Sarah L. ; Swann, William C. ; Dennis, Tasshi

Author_Institution

Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Boulder, CO, USA

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

122

Lastpage

126

Abstract

Wavelength calibration of equipment in the 1500 nm region is essential to ensure channel stability and characterize optical components for wavelength division multiplexed optical fiber communication systems. We review the wavelength accuracy and stability requirements for these systems and discuss various approaches to meeting these requirements. Our approach is to develop high-accuracy wavelength references for National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) internal calibration and moderate-accuracy references as convenient transfer standards to help industry calibrate their instrumentation

Keywords

calibration; frequency stability; optical fibre communication; optical variables measurement; transfer standards; wavelength division multiplexing; 1500 nm; 1500 nm region; NIST; calibration; channel stability; industrial standards; optical components; optical fiber communication; references; transfer standards; wavelength accuracy; wavelength calibration; wavelength division multiplexed systems; Absorption; Atomic beams; Calibration; Channel spacing; Communication system control; Instruments; NIST; Optical control; Optical fiber communication; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium and PDA Exhibition, 2001. Proceedings of the 2001 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

1075-6787

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7028-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FREQ.2001.956174

Filename

956174