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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2008
Applicants:
John D. Minelly, Bothell, WA (US);
Deborah A. Alterman, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
John D. Minelly, Bothell, WA (US);
Deborah A. Alterman, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Corporation, Bethesda, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 10/17 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and that provide an optical-fiber amplifier having at least one erbium-doped fiber section and an optical pump coupled to the erbium-doped fiber section, wherein the apparatus is operable to amplify signal pulses to high energy in the erbium-doped fiber section, the pulses having a wavelength in the range of about 1565 nm to about 1630 nm. In some embodiments, the amplifying fiber is ytterbium free.