Dynamic calibration device and method for wavelength scanning working curve of tunable laser

A technology of tuning lasers and wavelength scanning, which is used in the testing of optical performance and other directions, can solve the problems of laser wavelength control accuracy and side mode suppression ratio that cannot meet the spectral detection of fiber grating sensors, reduce detection bandwidth and implementation difficulty, and ensure consistency. Effect

CN111024370AActive Publication Date: 2020-04-17BEIJING INST OF AEROSPACE CONTROL DEVICES
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CN · China
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Applications(China)
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Publication Date
2020-04-17

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Abstract

The invention discloses a dynamic calibration device and method for a wavelength scanning working curve of a tunable laser. The dynamic calibration device comprises a laser driving circuit, an opticalpulse modulator, an optical amplifier, an optical circulator, an optical fiber, a spectrum detection unit, a computer and the tunable laser; a working curve of the laser is calibrated under the parameters of wavelength range, wavelength point number, retention time of each wavelength point, wavelength scanning period and the like of actual scanning work; output light of the laser is modulated into the light pulse, and the Rayleigh scattering light of the light pulse transmitted in the optical fiber is measured, so that the laser wavelength and the side mode rejection ratio under different control signals are obtained, and the consistency of the scanning work and the calibration state of the laser is ensured.
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[0001] The invention relates to a calibration device and method for a laser wavelength-control signal working curve, in particular to a dynamic calibration device and method for a tunable laser wavelength scanning working curve. Background technique

[0002] Using tunable lasers for spectrum detection and signal demodulation of fiber grating sensors, interferometric fiber sensors, etc., has the advantages of high measurement accuracy, large number of measurement points, moderate cost, etc., and is widely used in aerospace, aviation, marine and other fields. Optical fiber sensing signal detection. In order to obtain accurate spectral signals of fiber grating sensors and interferometric fiber optic sensors, it is necessary to obtain laser wavelength-control signal working curves through calibration (hereinafter referred to as "wavelength-control signal working curves" as "working curves").

[0003] The existing laser working curve calibration method is usually...

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[0022] A dynamic calibration device for a tunable laser wavelength scanning working curve disclosed in the present invention, a specific embodiment is as follows figure 1 As shown; including a laser drive circuit 1, an optical pulse modulator 2, an optical amplifier 3, an optical circulator 4, an optical fiber 5, a spectrum detection unit 6, and a computer 7; the composition of the laser drive circuit 1 is as follows figure 2 As shown, it includes a bus interface, a microcontroller, a drive current module, a temperature control module, and a synchronization signal module; the drive current port 11 and the temperature control port 12 output by the laser drive circuit 1 are connected to the tunable laser 8, and the laser drive circuit 1 The synchronous signal port 13 is connected to the optical pulse modulator 2, and the bus port 14 of the laser drive circuit 1 is connected to the computer 7; the output port of the tunable laser 8 is connected to the input port of the optical pu...