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US 2017/0317756 A1Published application
Optical amplifier for subsea control systems
AssigneeGE Oil & Gas UK Limited
InventorsKeith David COVENTRY, Silviu PUCHIANU
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Abstract
An optical amplifier comprising: an optical coupler configured to receive a communication signal and couple said communication signal to an optical connector of a doped optical fibre; and at least one electrical to optical data converter connected to the optical coupler to provide pump radiation thereto.
Claims12
An optical amplifier comprising:
- an optical coupler configured to receive a communication signal and couple the communication signal to an optical connector of a doped optical fiber;
- and
- at least one electrical to optical data converter connected to the optical coupler to provide pump radiation thereto.
A method of boosting a communication signal in a doped optical fiber, the method comprising:
- providing an optical coupler configured to receive a communication signal and couple the communication signal to an optical connector of a doped optical fiber;
- and
- providing at least one electrical to optical data converter connected to the optical coupler to provide pump radiation thereto.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.