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US 8,077,747 B2Granted
Phosphate glass based optical device and method
AssigneeArizona Board of Regents on Behalf of the University of Arizona
InventorsAxel Schulzgen, Jacques Albert, Nasser Peyghambarian, Seppo Honkanen, Li Li
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Abstract
An optical device includes an optical fiber having a core including multicomponent phosphate glasses, and a cladding surrounding the core, and a first fiber Bragg grating formed in a first portion of the core of the optical fiber and having an index modulation amplitude greater than 2×10−5.
Claims13
An optical device comprising:
- an optical fiber having an active core and a cladding surrounding the core, said active core configured for optical gain and said active core including multicomponent phosphate glasses;
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- a first fiber Bragg grating formed in a first portion of the multicomponent phosphate glass active core of the optical fiber and having an index modulation amplitude greater than 2×10−5.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.