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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 02, 2009
Alain Pastouret, Massy, FR;
Cedric Gonnet, Paris, FR;
Ekaterina Burov, Boulogne-Biliancourt, FR;
Draka Comteq, B.V., Amsterdam, NL;
Abstract
Disclosed is an amplifying optical fiber that includes a central core that is suitable for transmitting and amplifying an optical signal and a surrounding optical cladding that is suitable for confining the optical signal transmitted in the central core. The central core is formed from a main matrix that contains nanoparticles doped with at least one rare earth element. The weight concentration of the rare earth dopants in the nanoparticles is typically between about 1 and 20 percent, and the nanoparticle concentration in the central core's main matrix is between about 0.05 percent and 1 percent by volume. The disclosed optical fiber incorporates rare earth ions at high concentrations yet avoids the phenomenon of photodarkening at high transmission power.