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Erbium-doped fiber optical amplifier

US5134517A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 6, 1991
Grant dateJul 28, 1992
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Expiry dateMar 6, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/06708
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An erbium-doped fiber optical amplifier, characterized in that said fiber has a mode radius which is not greater than 2.7 .mu.m at a wavelength of 1.55 .mu.m, and in that it has at least one pump wavelength situated in the following regions of the spectrum: 0.98 .mu.m.+-.0.4 .mu.m and 1.48 .mu.m.+-.0.4 .mu.m; the region of the spectrum of at least one signal to be amplified being 1.5 .mu.m to 1.6 .mu.m.

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