Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for referencing an optical frequency of a tunable laser. Light from a reference laser and the tunable laser is injected into a length of an optical waveguide from opposite ends thereof. When the optical frequency of the tunable laser is swept, SBS induced positive and negative peaks in the optical power of light transmitted through the waveguide are used to provide an accurate frequency change reference.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 22, 2011
Publication date:
June 27, 2013
Applicants:
JDS Uniphase Corporation, Vincent Lecoeuche