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Multichannel wavelength locking using transmission peaks of an AWG for multichannel optical transmission systems

Lee et al., 1998

Document ID
15568077068104517921
Author
Lee H
Lyu G
Park S
Lee J
Publication year
Publication venue
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

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We demonstrate an optical frequency locking method using an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG). Four lasers were successfully locked to the transmission peaks produced from the AWG with a channel spacing of 0.8 nm (100 GHz) by using dithering technique. The …
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