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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:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 14, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard S. Vodhanel, Red Bank, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Tellium, Inc., Oceanport, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ;
Abstract
An optical network and an optical amplifier system provide flattened gain, constant per channel output power, and compensation for variable span losses. The optical amplifier system is disposed in a transmission line of the optical network. The optical amplifier includes a first and second stage optical feedback loop amplifiers.