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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2005
Leslie B. Shaw, Woodbridge, VA (US);
Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Ashburn, VA (US);
Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Peter A. Thielen, Landover Hills, MD (US);
Fred Kung, Alexandria, VA (US);
Leslie B. Shaw, Woodbridge, VA (US);
Jasbinder S. Sanghera, Ashburn, VA (US);
Ishwar D. Aggarwal, Fairfax Station, VA (US);
Peter A. Thielen, Landover Hills, MD (US);
Fred Kung, Alexandria, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to a device for broadening optical wavelength in the 2–14 μm region comprising a light source and a highly nonlinear chalcogenide fiber associated therewith whereby a light signal is passed from the light source into the fiber wherein and through interactions between the light signal and the material, bandwidth of the light signal is broadened in the 2–14 μm region.