The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc.

Jacques P Govignon

Stephen P Smith

Richard E Stoner

William P Kelleher

Reinhardt Leon Willig

The invention relates to a method and system for wavelength stabilization of a broadband optical source. The method and system are based on utilizing an optical power divider to generate two optical signals for each of the broadband source and a reference wavelength source. The difference in the power ratio of the two optical signals derived from the broadband source and the power ratio of the two optical signals derived from the reference wavelength source is determined. Because the power ratios are similarly affected by component aging and changes in environmental factors such as temperature and incident radiation, the difference in the power ratios can be used to adjust the wavelength of the broadband source so that its center wavelength is stabilized to the center wavelength of the reference source.

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Watertown, MA, United States of America

Jacques P Govignon