US 2012/0230632 A1Published application

Compact optical fiber amplifier

AssigneeLicomm Co.,Ltd.

InventorsSung Jun KIM, Jeong Mee KIM, Soo Young YOON, Meong Kyu CHOI, Jung Kwon LEE

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Abstract

The present invention provides a compact optical fiber amplifier, which can minimize the size of an optical module and increase the degree of freedom in mounting the module on a board. The compact optical fiber amplifier according to the present invention includes: an optical module including a plurality of optical elements provided therein, an input port for introducing an optical fiber thereinto, and an outlet port for extract the optical fiber to the outside of the module; and a plurality of optical fibers introduced into or extracted from the optical module through the input port or the outlet port of the optical module and disposed above a predetermined radius of curvature on the outside of the optical module.

Claims8

Dependent claims

A compact optical fiber amplifier comprising:

an optical module including a plurality of optical elements provided therein, an input port for introducing an optical fiber thereinto, and an outlet port for extract the optical fiber to the outside of the module;
and
a plurality of optical fibers introduced into or extracted from the optical module through the input port or the outlet port of the optical module and disposed above a predetermined radius of curvature on the outside of the optical module,
wherein the optical fibers comprise a plurality of connection optical fibers for connecting the optical elements and an optical amplification optical fiber for amplifying an optical signal, and
wherein one end of at least one of the plurality of connection optical fibers is coupled to one of the optical elements and the other end thereof is extracted to the outside through the output port, introduced into the optical module through the input port, and then coupled to the other optical element.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.