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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David John DiGiovanni, Montclair, NJ (US);
Namkyoo Park, Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Kim Willard Womack, New Providence, NJ (US);
Paul Francis Wysocki, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359341 ; 359177 ; 372-6 ;
Abstract
Multistage Er-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) are disclosed. They comprise a first stage that comprises Er and Al, and further comprise a second stage that comprises Er and a further rare earth element, exemplary Yb. Such multistage EDFAs can have advantageous characteristics e.g., a relatively wide flat gain region (e.g. 1544-1562 nm), and relatively high output power, without significant degradation of the noise figure. Exemplary, the amplifiers are used in WDM systems and in analog CATV systems.