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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Anritsu Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tunable laser source changes the resonator length of an external resonator, which is constituted including a laser diode and a diffraction grating, by a driver controlled by a drive control section, to continuously or intermittently vary the wavelength of an emitted light from a start wavelength to a stop wavelength that are desired. A point wavelength information setting section sets the point wavelength information representing the positional information of the driver that corresponds to each resonator length of the external resonator regarding the start wavelength, the stop wavelength and a plurality of the wavelengths obtained by dividing a period between the start wavelength and the stop wavelength into arbitrary steps. An emitted wavelength information detecting section detects emitted wavelength information corresponding to the wavelength of the emitted light from the tunable laser source. A matching determination section determines whether or not the emitted wavelength information detected by the emitted wavelength information detecting section matches each point wavelength information set by the point wavelength information setting section. An information output section outputs predetermined information to the outside, when determination that the emitted wavelength information matches each point wavelength information is obtained from the matching determination section.