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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2005
Thomas Brown, Rochester, NY (US);
Kenneth S. Feder, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Yufeng LI, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeffrey W. Nicholson, Chatham, NJ (US);
Paul S. Westbrook, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Thomas Brown, Rochester, NY (US);
Kenneth S. Feder, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Yufeng Li, Rochester, NY (US);
Jeffrey W. Nicholson, Chatham, NJ (US);
Paul S. Westbrook, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Fitel USA Corp., Norcross, GA (US);
University of Rochester, Office of Technology Transfer, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
Enhancement of the supercontinuum generation performance of a highly-nonlinear optical fiber (HNLF) is accomplished by incorporating at least one Bragg grating structure in the HNLF. The Bragg grating results in reflecting a core-guided signal into signal which also remains core-guided. The supercontinuum radiation generated by such an arrangement will exhibit a substantial peak in its energy at the grating resonance of the Bragg grating and a region of increased radiation in a narrow wavelength band on the long wavelength side of the peak. A number of such Bragg gratings may be formed so as to 'tailor' the enhancements provided in the supercontinuum radiation. Various, well-known Bragg grating modifications (tuning, chirped, blazed, etc.) may also be used in the inventive structure to enhance the generated supercontinuum.