Title :
Wavelength monitoring in DWDM networks using low cost semiconductor laser diode/amplifiers
Author :
San-Liang Lee ; Ching-Tang Pien ; Yu-Yi Hsu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Nat. Taiwan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
We demonstrate a simple wavelength monitoring technique using the transparency detection of low-cost semiconductor laser diode/amplifiers to have sub-angstrom resolution and good stability that can meet the requirements of dense wavelength-division-multiplexing systems.
Keywords :
monitoring; optical fiber networks; semiconductor lasers; semiconductor optical amplifiers; stability; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM networks; dense wavelength-division-multiplexing systems; good stability; low cost semiconductor laser diode; low-cost semiconductor laser diode; optical fibre testing; semiconductor laser amplifiers; sub-angstrom resolution; wavelength monitoring; Costs; Diode lasers; Intelligent networks; Monitoring; Optical modulation; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Temperature control; Voltage; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-630-3
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2000.868273
