Gain stabilized fiber amplifier
CA 2056642 C · Owner: Zirngibl, Martin · Inventors: Zirngibl, Martin
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Abstract In this invention an optical fiber doped with a rare earth element and coupled to be pumped with a laser is coupled to an optical feedback loop. The feedback loop couples the output signal of the fiber amplifier to the input of the fiber amplifier. A narrow bandwidth filter coupled to the feedback loop allows a selected wavelength of the amplified spontaneous emission to pass from the output of the fiber amplifier to the input of the fiber amplifier. The feedback signal has a wavelength which is different from that of the pump signal and the wavelengths of the signals to be amplified. In operation when bursts of optical signals from at least two discrete word or frequency division …
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- Filed November 29, 1991 and granted July 26, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 29, 2011.
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