WDM optical fiber system using crystal optical amplifier
US5535051A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 24, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 24, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/163
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Rare-earth doped single-crystal amplifiers serve to simultaneously amplify member channels of an optical fiber WDM system. A tailored amplification bandwidth sufficient for this purpose is the result of a variety of "defects" which after the local crystal field as "seen" by dopant ions.
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