• DocumentCode
    3127961
  • Title

    Passive wavelength monitor based on birefringent crystals

  • Author

    Wang, Shuping ; Cheng, Chi-hao ; Yue, Joe

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Eng., Univ. of North Texas, Denton, TX, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    13-17 July 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    A passive wavelength monitor based on birefringent crystals (a combination of YVO4 and PbMnO4) is reported. A +/- 2 GHz resolution over the temperature range of -5 to 70degC is achieved.
  • Keywords
    birefringence; lead compounds; manganese compounds; photonic crystals; vanadium compounds; yttrium compounds; PbMnO4; YVO4; birefringent crystals; passive wavelength monitor; temperature -5 C to 70 C; Birefringence; Crystals; Distributed feedback devices; Laser feedback; Monitoring; Optical feedback; Optical filters; Optical polarization; Temperature distribution; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference, 2009. OECC 2009. 14th
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4102-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-4103-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OECC.2009.5219062
  • Filename
    5219062