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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2001
Victor E. Grubsky, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dmitry S. Starodubov, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Victor E. Grubsky, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Dmitry S. Starodubov, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Sabeus Photonics, Inc., Calabasas, CA (US);
Abstract
A mode coupling device is provided for coupling co-propagating modes in an optical waveguide to provide a gain flattening filter for use with an optical amplifier such as an erbium-doped fiber amplifier. The mode coupling device includes a plurality of long period grating sections having equal spatial periods, with adjacent grating sections separated by an interval of less than 10 periods in length. Also provided is a method for manufacturing the mode coupling device, including a method for determining the parameters of the device and a method for fine tuning the device to provide a loss spectrum closely matching the output spectrum of the optical amplifier. The mode coupling device is useful for flattening the gain of the optical amplifier.