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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2013
Applicant:
Ii-vi Incorporated, Saxonburg, PA (US);
Inventors:
Ian Peter McClean, Brixham, GB;
Manish Sharma, Morgan Hill, CA (US);
Assignee:
II-VI INCORPORATED, Saxonburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/067 (2006.01); H01S 3/094 (2006.01); G01M 11/02 (2006.01); H01S 3/13 (2006.01); G01M 11/00 (2006.01); H01S 3/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/1305 (2013.01); G01M 11/30 (2013.01); H01S 3/06754 (2013.01); H01S 3/094003 (2013.01); H01S 3/094038 (2013.01); H01S 3/094076 (2013.01); H01S 3/094096 (2013.01); H01S 3/302 (2013.01);
Abstract
An optical amplifier assembly for determining a parameter of an optical fiber configured to amplify an optical signal being propagated therethrough, the assembly comprising: at least one amplifier pump light source assembly configured to transmit light at a plurality of wavelengths into the optical fiber; a receiver configured to receive light that has propagated through at least part of the optical fiber; and a processor configured to determine the parameter of the optical fiber based on the received light.