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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1994
Olivier Gautheron, Montigny le Bretonneux, FR;
Christian Coeurjolly, Vitry-sur-Seine, FR;
Alcatel CIT, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A tunable optical filter tuning device suitable for use in the receive part of an optical transmission system rejects some of the optical noise superimposed on a wanted optical signal. The device commands displacement of the characteristic of the optical filter along the wavelength axis and includes a tuning detector to detect the time at which this displacement can be stopped. The tuning detector includes an optical power detector receiving a signal from the optical filter and detects any modulation of a signal from the optical power detector. The displacement is stopped when the detector detects modulation of the signal from the optical power detector.