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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:
Apr. 13, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Khushvinder Brar, Center Velley, PA (US);
Clifford Headley, Flemington, NJ (US);
Jean-Christopher Bouteiller, Somerset, NJ (US);
Jake Bromage, North Plainfield, NJ (US);
Assignee:
OFS Fitel, Norcross, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ;
Abstract
In accordance with the invention, an optical fiber communication system comprising a source of optical signal channels and an optical fiber transmission line is provided with one or more single source, multiple-order Raman pumps downstream of the source. Each single source pump provides multiple-order Raman pump light for amplifying the signal channels.