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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 25, 1988
Rodney C Alferness, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Gadi Eisenstein, Middletown, NJ (US);
Uziel Koren, Fair Haven, NJ (US);
Ping K Tien, Holmdel, NJ (US);
Rodney S Tucker, Howell, NJ (US);
Matthew S Whalen, Rumson, NJ (US);
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Wavelength tunability and single frequency output are achieved in a coherent light source employing an adjustably controllable reflector. The light source includes a gain medium coupled to a single-mode fiber having a partially reduced cladding region at a predetermined distance from the gain medium. A Bragg reflector is either formed on the reduced cladding region of the single-mode fiber or formed on an external element in close proximity to the reduced cladding region. A single resonant optical cavity is formed by placing another reflector on the side of the gain medium opposite the gain medium-to-fiber coupling. Wavelength tuning of the light source is accomplished by controllably adjusting the period or the Bragg reflector element.