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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuhisa Kaede, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ; H01L / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359124 ; 359589 ;
Abstract
A multi-wavelength light amplifier comprises a light amplifier for amplifying a wavelength division multiplex signal with accompanying generation of spontaneous emission. An optical coupler is provided for coupling light from the light amplifier to a wavelength filter, such as Fabry-Perot filter. The filter has a plurality of spectral peaks of transmittance and corresponding valleys of reflectance, with the spectral peaks and valleys corresponding respectively to the wavelengths of the multiplex signal. The optical coupler further provides coupling of light reflected from the wavelength filter to an optical sink by which the undesired spontaneous emission is absorbed.