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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Stuart Gray, Corning, NY (US);
George F Wildeman, Painted Post, NY (US);
Assignee:
Corning Incorporated, Corning, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/018 ; G02B 6/02 ; H01S 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 1/018 ; G02B 6/02 ; H01S 3/00 ;
Abstract
An optical amplifier comprises: (i) an input port for providing optical signal to the amplifier; (ii) an output port for providing amplified optical signal out of the amplifier; (iii) at least two optical fibers, one optical fiber having positive dispersion D of greater than 10 ps/nm/km in a 1550 nm to 1620 nm wavelength range, the other fiber having negative dispersion D of less than −5 ps/nm/km in a 1550 nm to 1620 nm wavelength range, wherein the length of each of said optical fiber is chosen to provide the amplifier with a predetermined amount of dispersion.