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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2015
Solus Technologies Limited, Glasgow, Central Scotland, GB;
Craig James Hamilton, Central Scotland, GB;
Graeme Peter Alexander Malcolm, Central Scotland, GB;
SOLUS TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED, Glasgow, GB;
Abstract
An optical amplifier is described. The optical amplifier () comprises a semiconductor disk gain medium () including at least one quantum well layer () and a pump field source () for generating an optical pump field () for the semiconductor disk gain medium. The optical amplifier acts to generate an output optical field () from an input optical field () received by the optical amplifier and arranged to be incident upon the semiconductor disk gain medium. Employing a semiconductor disk gain medium within the optical amplifier allows it to be optically pumped and thus provided for increased stability and beam quality of the output optical field while allowing for the design of optical amplifiers which can operate across a broad range of wavelengths. The optical amplifier may be employed with continuous wave or pulsed input optical fields.