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Optical fiber feeder assembly including an amplifier

US5082376A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 21, 1991
Grant dateJan 21, 1992
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Expiry dateMar 21, 2011

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/4209
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

The assembly is implemented in the form of an optical head integrating not only an optical isolator (6, 8), but also a semiconductor amplifier and phase modulator (18). The amplifier-modulator is aligned parallel to the light-emitting laser (2) by a rotation compensator (14, 15) that compensates for the rotation applied by the isolator to the polarization of light from the laser. The invention is particularly applicable to optical fiber telecommunications.

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