公开(公告)号：US20060153253A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-13

申请号：US10540087

申请日：2003-12-19

申请人： Ronan Diffily ,  David McDonald ,  Tommy Mullane

发明人： Ronan Diffily ,  David McDonald ,  Tommy Mullane

IPC分类号： H01S3/13

CPC分类号： H01S5/06256 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0687 ,  H01S5/1209

摘要： A system in which the controller (24) of a multi section diode laser such as a SG-DBR (10) is configured so that the laser can be swept rapidly in a pre-determined frequency direction through a series of frequency points by asserting a pre-calibrated series of sets of control input values to the sections of the diode laser, wherein the frequency points are obtained from cavity modes in a plurality of different supermodes, and the sets of control input values are pre-determined to take account of thermal transients that are known to arise from jumps in the output modes that occur when sweeping through the pre-calibrated series of sets of control input values in the pre-determined frequency direction.

摘要翻译： 其中诸如SG-DBR（10）的多段二极管激光器的控制器（24）被配置为使得激光器可以通过一系列频率点在预定的频率方向上快速扫描， 对二极管激光器的部分预先校准的一系列控制输入值，其中从多个不同超音波中的腔模式获得频点，并且预先确定控制输入值的集合以考虑热 已知由在预定频率方向上扫描经过预校准的一系列控制输入值的输出模式中的跳跃而产生的瞬变。

公开(公告)号：US07483453B2

公开(公告)日：2009-01-27

申请号：US10540087

申请日：2003-12-19

申请人： Ronan Diffily ,  David McDonald ,  Tommy Mullane

发明人： Ronan Diffily ,  David McDonald ,  Tommy Mullane

IPC分类号： H01S3/098 ,  H04B10/04 ,  H04B10/12

CPC分类号： H01S5/06256 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0687 ,  H01S5/1209

摘要： A system in which the controller (24) of a multi section diode laser such as a SG-DBR (10) is configured so that the laser can be swept rapidly in a pre-determined frequency direction through a series of frequency points by asserting a pre-calibrated series of sets of control input values to the sections of the diode laser, wherein the frequency points are obtained from cavity modes in a plurality of different supermodes, and the sets of control input values are pre-determined to take account of thermal transients that are known to arise from jumps in the output modes that occur when sweeping through the pre-calibrated series of sets of control input values in the pre-determined frequency direction.

摘要翻译： 其中诸如SG-DBR（10）的多段二极管激光器的控制器（24）被配置为使得激光器可以通过一系列频率点在预定的频率方向上快速扫描， 对二极管激光器的部分预先校准的一系列控制输入值，其中从多个不同超音波中的腔模式获得频点，并且预先确定控制输入值的集合以考虑热 已知由在预定频率方向上扫描经过预校准的一系列控制输入值的输出模式中的跳跃而产生的瞬变。

公开(公告)号：US07649917B2

公开(公告)日：2010-01-19

申请号：US10552967

申请日：2004-04-14

申请人： Tommy Mullane ,  David McDonald ,  Thomas Farrell ,  Ciaran Polley ,  Peter B. O'Connor

发明人： Tommy Mullane ,  David McDonald ,  Thomas Farrell ,  Ciaran Polley ,  Peter B. O'Connor

IPC分类号： H01S3/10

CPC分类号： H01S5/068 ,  H01S5/0014 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0625

摘要： The invention relates to a method and system for providing a set of continuous tuning regions from a discontinuously tuned laser, by providing a wavelength reference having at least first and second resonance peaks, sweeping the laser across a pre-determined wavelength range of the wavelength reference, and defining, within the laser sweep, one or more regions of continuous tuning operation of the laser, each of the regions corresponding to a response of the laser between adjacent resonance peaks of the wavelength reference. The advantage of the invention is that it provides a way for stitching together continuous regions of a multi-section tunable laser in an efficient and accurate manner.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于通过提供具有至少第一和第二共振峰值的波长参考来提供来自不连续调谐的激光器的一组连续调谐区域的方法和系统，将激光扫过波长参考的预定波长范围 并且在所述激光扫描内限定所述激光器的连续调谐操作的一个或多个区域，所述区域中的每一个对应于所述激光在所述波长参考的相邻共振峰之间的响应。 本发明的优点在于它提供了一种以有效和准确的方式将多段可调谐激光器的连续区域拼接在一起的方式。

公开(公告)号：US20070183465A1

公开(公告)日：2007-08-09

申请号：US10552967

申请日：2004-04-14

申请人： Tommy Mullane ,  David McDonald ,  Thomas Farrell ,  Ciaran Polley ,  Peter Oconnor

发明人： Tommy Mullane ,  David McDonald ,  Thomas Farrell ,  Ciaran Polley ,  Peter Oconnor

IPC分类号： H01S3/10

CPC分类号： H01S5/068 ,  H01S5/0014 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0625

摘要： The invention relates to a method and system for providing a set of continuous tuning regions from a discontinuously tuned laser, by providing a wavelength reference having at least first and second resonance peaks, sweeping the laser across a pre-determined wavelength range of the wavelength reference, and defining, within the laser sweep, one or more regions of continuous tuning operation of the laser, each of the regions corresponding to a response of the laser between adjacent resonance peaks of the wavelength reference. The advantage of the invention is that it provides a way for stitching together continuous regions of a multi-section tunable laser in an efficient and accurate manner.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于通过提供具有至少第一和第二共振峰值的波长参考来提供来自不连续调谐的激光器的一组连续调谐区域的方法和系统，将激光扫过波长参考的预定波长范围 并且在所述激光扫描内限定所述激光器的连续调谐操作的一个或多个区域，所述区域中的每一个对应于所述激光在所述波长参考的相邻共振峰之间的响应。 本发明的优点在于它提供了一种以有效和准确的方式将多段可调谐激光器的连续区域拼接在一起的方式。

公开(公告)号：US20050030986A1

公开(公告)日：2005-02-10

申请号：US10489115

申请日：2002-08-12

申请人： Thomas Farrell ,  Tommy Mullane ,  David MacDonald

发明人： Thomas Farrell ,  Tommy Mullane ,  David MacDonald

IPC分类号： H01S5/06 ,  H01S5/0625 ,  H01S5/0687 ,  H01S5/12 ,  H01S5/125 ,  H01S3/13

CPC分类号： H01S5/06256 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0687 ,  H01S5/1209

摘要： A multi-section laser diode control system comprising a multi-section laser diode (10), microprocessor controller (24), digital-to-analogue converter (28), driver circuit (30) and wavelength locker (14) is modified by inclusion of a locking circuit (40) which generates an analogue correction signal . . . 1 Vph responsive to measurements of the laser output made by the wavelength locker. The analogue correction signal is added to the preset phase voltage Vph asserted by the microprocessor controller to provide fast feedback that bypasses the microprocessor controller. This novel feedback is made possible by avoiding the use of the standard prior art control algorithm which requires a division calculation to be performed. Instead, novel control algorithms based purely on additions, subtractions and multiplications are used. The laser can thus be locked to its target output frequency without having to place slow analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue converters in the feedback control path.

摘要翻译： 包括多段激光二极管（10），微处理器控制器（24），数模转换器（28），驱动电路（30）和波长锁存器（14）的多段激光二极管控制系统通过包含 锁定电路（40）产生模拟校正信号。 。 。 1 Vph响应波长锁定器的激光输出测量。 模拟校正信号被添加到由微处理器控制器断言的预设相电压Vph，以提供绕过微处理器控制器的快速反馈。 通过避免使用需要执行分割计算的标准现有技术控制算法，可以实现这种新颖的反馈。 相反，使用纯粹基于加法，减法和乘法的新型控制算法。 因此，激光器可以锁定到其目标输出频率，而不必在反馈控制路径中放置慢速模拟数字和数模转换器。

公开(公告)号：US07436864B2

公开(公告)日：2008-10-14

申请号：US10507328

申请日：2003-03-11

申请人： Thomas Farrell ,  Neil Ryan ,  John Levins ,  Tommy Mullane

发明人： Thomas Farrell ,  Neil Ryan ,  John Levins ,  Tommy Mullane

IPC分类号： H01S3/10 ,  H01S3/13

CPC分类号： H01S5/062 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/06255 ,  H01S5/0687

摘要： A method relating to the calibration of tuneable lasers is described. The method provides for the provision of correct control currents so as to achieve each of desired output frequencies from the laser. The correct currents are determined by forming a matrix of the output characteristics of the laser at specific tuning currents and processing that matrix to determine stable operating points within the matrix.

摘要翻译： 描述了与可调谐激光器的校准相关的方法。 该方法提供了提供正确的控制电流，以便实现来自激光器的每个期望的输出频率。 通过在特定调谐电流下形成激光器的输出特性的矩阵来确定正确的电流，并处理该矩阵以确定矩阵内的稳定工作点。

公开(公告)号：US20070242625A1

公开(公告)日：2007-10-18

申请号：US11570739

申请日：2005-06-17

申请人： John Dunne ,  Tommy Mullane ,  David Drury

发明人： John Dunne ,  Tommy Mullane ,  David Drury

IPC分类号： H04Q11/00

CPC分类号： H04J14/0204 ,  H04J14/0205 ,  H04J14/021 ,  H04Q11/0062 ,  H04Q11/0066 ,  H04Q2011/0064 ,  H04Q2011/0092

摘要： The invention relates to a method and network for providing an optical fibre wavelength routed network comprising a plurality of nodes on a network ring where each node can drop and add a wavelength, control means to control the wavelength to be transmitted on the network ring, and access means for each node to enable a node to transmit wavelength onto the network ring whereby wavelength collisions with transmit wavelength from other nodes are avoided in the network. The invention describes a network and method having a ring system with a plurality of nodes and an interconnection means to allow information to be communicated between the nodes of the network using packets of data on a wavelength in a novel and efficient manner.

摘要翻译： 本发明涉及一种用于提供光纤波长路由网络的方法和网络，该网络包括网络环上的多个节点，其中每个节点可以丢弃并添加波长，控制装置来控制要在网络环上传输的波长，以及 每个节点的接入装置使得节点能够将波长发送到网络环上，从而在网络中避免了具有来自其他节点的发射波长的波长冲突。 本发明描述了一种网络和方法，其具有具有多个节点的环形系统和互连装置，以新颖且有效的方式允许使用波长数据分组在网络节点之间传送信息。

公开(公告)号：US07339962B2

公开(公告)日：2008-03-04

申请号：US10489115

申请日：2002-08-12

申请人： Thomas Farrell ,  Tommy Mullane ,  David MacDonald

发明人： Thomas Farrell ,  Tommy Mullane ,  David MacDonald

IPC分类号： H01S3/13

CPC分类号： H01S5/06256 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/0687 ,  H01S5/1209

摘要： A multi-section laser diode control system comprising a multi-section laser diode (10), microprocessor controller (24), digital-to-analogue converter (28), driver circuit (30) and wavelength locker (14) is modified by inclusion of a locking circuit (40) which generates an analogue correction signal . . . 1 V ph responsive to measurements of the laser output made by the wavelength locker. The analogue correction signal is added to the preset phase voltage V ph asserted by the microprocessor controller to provide fast feedback that bypasses the microprocessor controller. This novel feedback is made possible by avoiding the use of the standard prior art control algorithm which requires a division calculation to be performed. Instead, novel control algorithms based purely on additions, subtractions and multiplications are used. The laser can thus be locked to its target output frequency without having to place slow analogue-to-digital and digital-to-analogue converters in the feedback control path.

摘要翻译： 包括多段激光二极管（10），微处理器控制器（24），数模转换器（28），驱动电路（30）和波长锁存器（14）的多段激光二极管控制系统通过包含 锁定电路（40）产生模拟校正信号。 。 。 1 V ph响应于由波长锁定器制成的激光输出的测量。 模拟校正信号被添加到由微处理器控制器断言的预设相位电压V ph，以提供绕过微处理器控制器的快速反馈。 通过避免使用需要执行分割计算的标准现有技术控制算法，可以实现这种新颖的反馈。 相反，使用纯粹基于加法，减法和乘法的新型控制算法。 因此，激光器可以锁定到其目标输出频率，而不必在反馈控制路径中放置慢速模拟数字和数模转换器。

公开(公告)号：US20060072631A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-06

申请号：US10507328

申请日：2003-03-11

申请人： Thomas Farrell ,  Neil Ryan ,  Jobu Levins ,  Tommy Mullane

发明人： Thomas Farrell ,  Neil Ryan ,  Jobu Levins ,  Tommy Mullane

IPC分类号： H01S3/10 ,  H01S3/13

CPC分类号： H01S5/062 ,  H01S5/0617 ,  H01S5/06255 ,  H01S5/0687

摘要： A method relating to the calibration of tuneable lasers is described. The method provides for the provision of correct control currents so as to achieve each of desired output frequencies from the laser. The correct currents are determined by forming a matrix of the output characteristics of the laser at specific tuning currents and processing that matrix to determine stable operating points within the matrix.

摘要翻译： 描述了与可调谐激光器的校准相关的方法。 该方法提供了提供正确的控制电流，以便实现来自激光器的每个期望的输出频率。 通过在特定调谐电流下形成激光器的输出特性的矩阵来确定正确的电流，并处理该矩阵以确定矩阵内的稳定工作点。