APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATION OF OPTICAL SIGNALS

摘要

A laser system is disclosed wherein a tunable laser signal has encoded withi n it information related to its wavelength at any instant in time. This encoding in one example is performed by modulating the signal to contain its wavelength information. This is particularly useful in a distributed system for testing optical components, wherein at a test site, the test station must determine the wavelength of light at which a component was tested.