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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2001
Kurt Lösch, Stuttgart, DE;
Alcatel, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An optical wavelength monitor provided with an optical coupler for coupling at least a part of the optical signals transmitted in an optical waveguide, which signals are transmitted by means of different carrier wavelengths divided into channels. The coupler is connected via an optical amplifier to a wavelength demultiplexer which selects at least one carrier wavelength of these optical signals and forwards each of these selected carrier wavelengths to a specific output. Optical detectors are connected to these outputs, which detectors each convert an optical signal, detected in a specific channel, into an electrical signal. The optical wavelength monitor is wherein an oscillator is provided which is suitable for modulating the optical signals, supplied to the optical amplifier, with a frequency.