发明名称 |
PUMPING ARRANGEMENT FOR FIBER AMPLIFIERS |
摘要 |
An optical gain apparatus has a pump source providing pump energy at a pump wavelength to a gain medium that generates optical energy at a singal wavelength. To minimize disturbance from signal wavelengths appearing in a coupling path between the pump source and the gain medium, an optical attenuator is located in the coupling path that provides a significant degree of attenuation to signal wavelengths, while providing negligible attenuation of pump wavelengths. The attenuator may comprise a grating structure, such as a long period grating or a blazed grating. It may also comprise an angled coupling fiber that is oriented to reflect signal wavelengths out of the coupling path. The end of such a fiber would typically be formed into a microlens, such as a wedge-shaped lens or a biconic lens, and would preferably be coated with a material that is highly reflective at the signal wavelength, but anti-reflective at the pump wavelength. The microlens may also be angled relative to a longitudinal axis of the fiber. Other embodiments include the location of an attenuation component, such as scattering sites, absorbing material, or a refractive index change, at a radial position in the cladding of the optical fiber that affects the signal wavelength but not the pump wavelength. |
申请公布号 |
WO0213339(A3) |
申请公布日期 |
2002.05.16 |
申请号 |
WO2001US24752 |
申请日期 |
2001.08.08 |
申请人 |
SDL, INC. |
发明人 |
VAIL, EDWARD, C.;NAGARAJAN, RADHAKRISHNAN;RANSOM, HARRISON;BOOTH, IAN, J.;KIM, TAE, JIN;WOLAK, EDMUND, L.;MAJOR, JO, S., JR.;MACCORMACK, STUART;OLESKEVICH, TANYA |
分类号 |
G02B6/30;G02B6/34;H01S3/067;H01S3/094 |
主分类号 |
G02B6/30 |
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