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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Johannes Willem Hofstraat, Veldhoven, NL;
Assignee:
JDS Uniphase Photonics C.V., Arnhem, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ; H01S 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/00 ; H01S 3/00 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a polymeric waveguide comprising a lanthanide ion-sensitizer complex, characterized in that the lanthanide ion is preferably neodymium(III) ion (Nd ), ytterbium(III) ion (Yb ), or erbium(III) ion (Er ), and the sensitizer absorbs in the 400-1200 nm region, and preferably in the 600-1000 nm region. The invention also relates to an optical device comprising the same.