Systems and Methods for Remote Optical Power Supply Communication for Uncooled WDM Optical Links

    公开(公告)号:US20230224047A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-07-13

    申请号:US18152461

    申请日:2023-01-10

    CPC classification number: H04B10/806

    Abstract: An optical power supply includes a plurality of lasers in a laser array. Each of the plurality of lasers is configured to generate a separate beam of continuous wave laser light. The optical power supply includes a temperature sensor that acquires a temperature associated with the laser array. The optical power supply includes a digital controller that receives notification of the temperature from the temperature senor. The optical power supply includes an optical power adjuster controlled by the digital controller. The optical power adjuster adjusts an optical power level of one or more beams of continuous wave laser light generated by the plurality of lasers to produce an optical power encoding that conveys information about the temperature associated with the laser array as acquired by the temperature sensor. An electro-optic chip receives the beams of continuous wave laser light from the optical power supply and decodes the optical power encoding.

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