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AssigneeOe Solutions America, Inc.
InventorsDaniel Blumenthal, Holger Klein, Chad Althouse, Todd Chicci, Patrick Bybee, Henrik Poulsen, Sarat Chandra Gundavarapu
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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.
A method for calibrating a tunable laser for optical communications, the tunable laser being configured to provide access to multiple facets of a plurality of mirrors at an optical output, each mirror having a different sampled grating period, the method comprising:
An apparatus for wavelength calibration of an optical communication device, the apparatus comprising:
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