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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:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kevin J Cordina, Bishops Stortford, GB;
Assignee:
Bookham Technology, PLC, Abingdon, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/12 ;
Abstract
An optical amplifier is constituted by a planar waveguide having an optical core intersected by a transverse trench occupied by a polymeric optically amplifying medium. An optical pump for the amplifier is provided by a laser diode positioned to direct its emission, transversely with respect to the waveguide axis, into the polymer.