TY - JOUR
T1 - A practical 1.5μm wavelength transfer standard based on acetylene absorption lines
AU - Fang, Zhanjun
AU - Li, Tianchu
AU - Fang, Yuwen
AU - Wang, Minming
AU - Wang, Qiang
AU - Meng, Fei
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - In Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) fiber communication system, more and more channels have to be put into a single fiber in order to fulfil the ever-increasing demand for high capacity. This put strict requirements on the wavelength characteristics of various active and passive optical components. Generally speaking, in current DWDM system, a wavelength accuracy of 5 pm is necessary for analyzing channel performance, and 0.5 pm is required for the aging test of components. An extended cavity laser diode (ECLD) frequency stabilized to saturated absorption lines of acetylene C2H2 with a potential long term frequency stability of 10-12 can provide excellent wavelength reference for DWDM communication system[1][2][3]. In this paper, we describe a practical 1.5μm wavelength transfer standard based on C2H2 stabilized DFB laser and tunable fiber Fabry-Perot etalon[4]. This transfer standard is suitable for the calibration of widely used optical spectrum analyzers (OSA) and wavelength/multi-wavelengths meters. This device is currently under development in the Quantum Division of National Institute of Metrology (NIM).
AB - In Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) fiber communication system, more and more channels have to be put into a single fiber in order to fulfil the ever-increasing demand for high capacity. This put strict requirements on the wavelength characteristics of various active and passive optical components. Generally speaking, in current DWDM system, a wavelength accuracy of 5 pm is necessary for analyzing channel performance, and 0.5 pm is required for the aging test of components. An extended cavity laser diode (ECLD) frequency stabilized to saturated absorption lines of acetylene C2H2 with a potential long term frequency stability of 10-12 can provide excellent wavelength reference for DWDM communication system[1][2][3]. In this paper, we describe a practical 1.5μm wavelength transfer standard based on C2H2 stabilized DFB laser and tunable fiber Fabry-Perot etalon[4]. This transfer standard is suitable for the calibration of widely used optical spectrum analyzers (OSA) and wavelength/multi-wavelengths meters. This device is currently under development in the Quantum Division of National Institute of Metrology (NIM).
KW - DWDM
KW - Fiber Fabry-Perot etalon
KW - Frequency stabilization
KW - Wavelength standard
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U2 - 10.1117/12.482247
DO - 10.1117/12.482247
M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0036438261
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 4913
SP - 281
EP - 285
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
T2 - Semiconductor Lasers and Applications
Y2 - 15 October 2002 through 17 October 2002
ER -