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US 9,755,394 B1Granted
Fiber temperature control assembly
AssigneeADVA Optical Networking SE
InventorRodney Bridges
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Abstract
A fiber temperature control assembly comprising a spool holding element adapted to hold a fiber spool and a compression element adapted to press fiber windings of a doped optical fiber wound around the fiber spool against said spool holding element being in thermal contact with a heating and/or cooling element of said fiber temperature control assembly.
Claims15
A fiber temperature control assembly, comprising:
- a spool holding element adapted to hold a fiber spool, and
- a compression element adapted to press fiber windings of a doped optical fiber wound around the fiber spool against said spool holding element, said spool holding element being in thermal contact with either one of a heating and a cooling element of said fiber temperature control assembly.
An optical amplifier, comprising:
- a doped optical fiber wound around a fiber spool, and
- a fiber temperature control assembly for heating or cooling said doped optical fiber, wherein said fiber temperature control assembly comprising:
- a spool holding element adapted to hold said fiber spool, and
- a compression element adapted to press fiber windings of the doped optical fiber wound around said fiber spool against said spool holding element, said spool holding element being in thermal contact with either one of a heating and a cooling element of said fiber temperature control assembly.
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A method for adjusting a temperature of a doped optical fiber wound around a fiber spool, comprising the steps of:
- pressing fiber windings of said doped optical fiber by a compression element against a spool holding element holding said fiber spool, and
- controlling the temperature of said spool holding element by means of either one of a heating element and/or a cooling element being in thermal contact with said spool holding element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.