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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2015
Applicant:
Seagate Technology Llc, Cupertino, CA (US);
Inventors:
Richard C. A. Pitwon, Fareham, GB;
Alexander C. Worrall, Waterlooville, GB;
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/067 (2006.01); H01S 3/09 (2006.01); H01S 3/16 (2006.01); H01S 3/091 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01S 3/06708 (2013.01); H01S 3/091 (2013.01); H01S 3/0906 (2013.01); H01S 3/1691 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a curved multimode polymer waveguide having at least one inflection point and a doped region being doped with an amplifying dopant. An optical pump source or electrical pump source is configured to excite the doped region and amplify the optical signal transmitting along the curved multimode polymer waveguide.