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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:
Jan. 07, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gadi Lenz, Fanwood, NJ (US);
Richart Elliott Slusher, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ; G02B 6/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ; G02B 6/00 ;
Abstract
An optical amplifier includes a chalcogenide glass optical waveguide having optical input and output ports, coupled to the chalcogenide glass optical waveguide, a pump optical waveguide, and a wavelength-tunable pump laser. The pump optical waveguide couples the wavelength-tunable pump laser to the chalcogenide glass optical waveguide.