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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ernest Eisenhardt Bergmann, Borough of Fountain Hill, PA (US);
Carl Edward Gaebe, Fleetwood, PA (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
372 32 ; 372 20 ; 372 23 ; 372 24 ; 372 29 ; 372 33 ; 372 38 ;
Abstract
The invention is a circuit for monitoring the wavelength of a laser device such as a semiconductor laser. A piezoelectric resonator is positioned in the path of the light beam so as to form a Fabry-Perot cavity. The changes in the reflectivity of the cavity are detected as the resonator is driven by an oscillator circuit, and an error signal is produced in response thereto when the wavelength of the laser device strays from a desired value.