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Optical amplifier

CA 1253943 A · Owner: Polaroid Corporation · Inventors: Snitzer, Elias

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An optical amplifier particularly suitable for use in amplifying signals carried on optical fiber in a select communication band. The amplifier comprises a resonant optical waveguide cavity which has a core containing an active gain material with given absorption and fluorescence spectrums. The gain material is of the type that preferably has at least two different emission bands originating from the same energy level with one of the emission bands encompassing the select communication band. The cavity is structured to resonate wavelengths in both emission bands, but with a higher combination of cavity Q and gain coefficient per excited ion for wavelengths in the emission band not …

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  • Granted May 9, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 9, 2006.
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FiledNovember 5, 1986
GrantedMay 9, 1989
Term endedMay 9, 2006
Patent numberCA 1253943 A
Classification (IPC)H01S3/06 +2 more

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1987198919911993199519971999200120032005Application filedNov 5, 1986Patent grantedMay 9, 1989Term endedMay 9, 2006

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