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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:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
May. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Marc Pierre Delavaux, Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, NJ (US);
Aydin Yeniay, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Assignee:
Agere Systems Guardian Corp., Orlando, FL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ;
Abstract
A high power optical amplifier with a multiple-tap output includes a preamplifier stage (such as an EDFA), followed by a power amplifier comprises a concatenated set of co-doped optical amplifier stages. Each amplifier stage includes a tap/power extractor for removing a portion of the amplified input signal, allowing for the pump signal(s) and remaining amplified input signal to be applied as an input to the following stage.