Optical fiber amplifier and laser with flattened gain slope
CA 2101364 C · Owner: General Instrument Corporation · Inventors: Huber, David R.
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An in-fiber Bragg grating is used to flatten the gain slope of a fiber optical amplifier or optical fiber laser. The grating can be formed using photorefractive techniques, and is placed within a guided wave portion of a doped optical fiber. The grating is oriented at a nonperpendicular angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the fiber and has, an interaction wavelength that is selected to flatten the gain slope of the device by diverting excess spontaneous emission therefrom. The interaction wavelength is preferably selected to correspond to a wavelength at or near that at which the spontaneous emission produced by the fiber peaks.
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- Filed July 27, 1993 and granted September 17, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended July 27, 2013.
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