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Design and experimental research of a high-precision wavelength controller for tunable fiber Fabry-Perot filters

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A high-precision wavelength controller is presented in this paper. It is necessary to find out the difference between the central wavelength of a tunable fiber Fabry-Perot (FFP) filter and that of the input laser, while the wavelength controller operates at the states of wavelength-scanning and wavelength-locking modes. Firstly, a dynamic simulation model of tunable FFP filter is established, and the dynamic characteristic of tunable FFP filter modulated by an alternating current (AC) signal is simulated. Then the measuring time at wavelength-scanning mode compared with the theory time is discussed, and this time difference shows the difference between the central wavelength of a tunable FFP filter and that of the input laser. At last, the effects on wavelength-locking precision of time delays, including the time delay of opened-loop circuit, the time constant of the closed-loop circuit and the intrinsic hysteresis of piezoelectric (PZT) element, are analyzed. A wavelength controller of tunable FFP filter is designed and prepared. The experimental results at wavelength-locking mode show that a high locking precision is obtained.

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  1. Hubei Polytechnic University, Huangshi, 435003, China

    Hai-bing Qi  (齐海兵)

  2. Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, School of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Hai-bing Qi  (齐海兵), Shu-hua Wei  (魏书华) & Chen Wei  (陈韡)

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This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 60677024), the National High Technology Research Development Program of China (No. 2009AA03Z418), and the Educational Commission of Hubei Province of China (No.B20104401).

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Qi, Hb., Wei, Sh. & Wei, C. Design and experimental research of a high-precision wavelength controller for tunable fiber Fabry-Perot filters. Optoelectron. Lett. 9, 101–104 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-013-1065-3

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