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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:
Jul. 06, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited, St. Laurent, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/00 ;
Abstract
An optical component comprising a plurality of optical input ports and a plurality of optical output ports. A polymer amplifying medium is provided within the component which is pumped by a pump source for exciting the polymer amplifying medium. Signals passing through the optical component are routed through the polymer amplifying medium. This, provides amplification using a polymer amplifying medium which is integrated into the structure of the component. This amplification can then compensate for the loss resulting from the other functions of the component.