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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 03, 2004
Andrey A. Demidov, Duxbury, MA (US);
Andrei N. Starodoumov, Westborough, MA (US);
Andrey A. Demidov, Duxbury, MA (US);
Andrei N. Starodoumov, Westborough, MA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A fiber amplifier for amplifying an optical signal, comprising a pump energy source capable of emitting energy at a pump wavelength: optical apparatus for transmitting the optical signal, the optical apparatus having a plurality of discrete portions, each discrete portion comprising a length of optical fiber and first and second components disposed at first and second respective locations and configured to substantially prevent energy having an intermediate wavelength in the discrete portion from entering other discrete portions of the optical apparatus; and a plurality of waveguides, each waveguide coupled to the pump energy source and to one of the plurality of discrete portions, each waveguide for providing energy at the pump wavelength from the pump energy source to its corresponding discrete portion, thereby increasing an intensity of light at the discrete portion's intermediate wavelength.