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Rare earth doped optical fiber

US7502539B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 29, 2006
Grant dateMar 10, 2009
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Expiry dateJan 14, 2027

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01S3/176
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical fiber including: (i) a silica based, Yb doped core having a first index of refraction n1, said core comprising more than 1 wt % of Yb, said core having less than 5 dB/km loss at a wavelength situated between 1150 nm and 1350 nm and less than 20 dB/km loss at the wavelength of 1380 nm and slope efficiency of over 0.8; and (ii) at least one silica based cladding surrounding the core and having a second index of refraction n2, such that n1>n2.

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