The Boeing Company

Darrell L Livezey

Raymond W Huggins

David M Griffith

An optical source for use in an optical sensing system such as a wavelength division multiplexing system. The source produces an optical interrogation signal comprising a plurality of component signals, each component signal comprising light in a wavelength band different from the wavelength bands of the other component signals. The source comprises a concave diffraction grating, means for forming an aperture at which the interrogation signal will be formed, and a plurality of optical emitters. Each emitter is positioned such that the emitter output signal strikes the concave diffraction grating, and is focused onto the aperture, such that a portion of the emitter signal enters the aperture and forms one of the component signals. As a result, the component signal wavelengths are not sensitive to temperature-induced fluctuations in the emitter output signal.

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Bellevue, WA, United States of America

Darrell L Livezey