Tunable segmented distributed bragg reflector for linear optical amplifier
US7099075B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 3, 2004 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S2301/04
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Systems and methods for tuning a DBR stack for an optical amplifier. The DBR layers in a mirror of the optical amplifier have a duty cycle that can be altered to tune a location of a channel drop in a gain spectrum. In addition to changing the duty cycle, the DBR stacks can be segmented. The segmented DBR stacks and/or the selected duty cycle tunes a location of a channel drop outside of a range of wavelengths of interest.
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