Side coupled pumping of double clad fiber gain media
US6434295B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 13, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 13, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/2383
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
All-fiber coupling architectures include at least one fiber gain media, e.g. a fiber amplifier or a fiber laser, providing for the coupling light from one or more multi-wavelength pump sources propagating in a multimode core fiber at multiple points along a double clad fiber or at least at one point along multiple double clad fibers having their inner claddings fused to the multimode core fiber. The latter arrangement provides for a low cost utility multi-signal fiber amplifier for telecommunication applications.
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