Optical fibre with quantum dots
US5881200A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 20, 1997 |
| Grant date | Mar 9, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 20, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/888
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An optical fiber includes a tubular glass cladding with a central opening filled with a colloidal solution of quantum dots in a support medium. The quantum dots may be caused to produce luminescence in response to input optical radiation, for example to produce optical amplification or laser radiation. A waveguide with an active medium comprising colloidal quantum dots is provided.
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