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AssigneeLGS Innovations LLC
InventorsDouglas P. Holcomb, Thomas Huntington Wood, Paul Wysocki
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An optical amplifier comprises at least two gain regions, an intermediate region situated between the gain regions, and a transition region situated between the intermediate region and each gain region. The aforesaid regions have claddings that collectively form a path for pump radiation propagating from at least one of the gain regions to the other gain region, and cores that collectively form a path for signal radiation propagating from at least one of the gain regions to the other gain region. The cores in the gain regions support multiple propagating optical modes, including at least one signal mode and at least one non-signal mode. The intermediate region, however, supports fewer propagating core modes than are supported by the gain regions. The transition regions are conformed such that when radiation in propagating non-signal core modes passes from the gain regions into the intermediate region, it is at least partly coupled into cladding modes of the intermediate region.
An optical amplifier comprising at least two gain regions, an intermediate region situated between the gain regions, and a transition region situated between the intermediate region and each gain region, wherein:
An optical amplifier comprising at least two gain regions, an intermediate region situated between the gain regions, and a transition region situated between the intermediate region and each gain region, wherein:
An optical amplifier comprising at least two gain regions, an intermediate region situated between the gain regions, and a transition region situated between the intermediate region and each gain region, wherein:
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