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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2006
Filed:
May. 19, 2003
Michel J. F. Digonnet, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Vinayak Dangui, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Michel J. F. Digonnet, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Vinayak Dangui, Palo Alto, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Abstract
Long-period fiber gratings are placed in a predetermined pattern along a double-clad optical fiber having an outer cladding, an inner cladding and a core. The core is doped with an optically active material such as, for example, a rare earth ion or other laser ion. The long-period fiber gratings couple light between a mode of the inner cladding and a mode of the core. As a consequence of increased coupling into the core resulting from the use of long-period fiber gratings, the length of double-clad optical fiber needed to transfer light between the inner cladding and the core is reduced.