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Article comprising an optical waveguide with in-line refractive index grating
Assignee: Furukawa Electric North America Inc
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Filing: 1992-05-29
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Granted: 1993-06-08
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Expires: 2012-05-29
Abstract
Abstract Broadband in-line gratings in optical waveguides are disclosed. The gratings have a bandwidth of at least 2 nm (preferably at least 4 nm) and a peak reflectivity of at least 70% (preferably at least 90%). Exemplarily, such gratings can be formed in H 2 -treated Si-based fibers that support a normalized index change of at least 10 -3 . Gratings according to the invention can be used, for instance, to form pump radiation reflectors in an optical fiber communication system with Er-doped fiber amplifiers.
Inventors
- 👤 Victor Mizrahi
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 11:59
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B6/00; G02B6/24; G02B6/26; G02B6/28; G02B6/293; G02B6/29304; G02B6/29316; G02B6/29317; G02B6/02; G02B6/02057; G02B6/02076; G02B6/0208; G02B6/02085; G02B6/02114; H; H01; H01S; H01S3/00; H01S3/05; H01S3/06; H01S3/063; H01S3/067; H01S3/0675; H01S2301/00; H01S2301/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
135 words
An article comprising a) means for generating optical radiation of wavelength λ 0 ; b) means responsive to said optical radiation; c) an optical waveguide radiation transmission path linking the means of a) and the means of b), a portion of said transmission path being an optical waveguide which comprises a core region that is at least partially surrounded by a cladding, the core having a longitudinally varying refractive index, the index varying such that said portion of the transmission path can reflect radiation of a predetermined wavelength, said portion to be referred to as the grating, associated with said grating being a center wavelength, a reflection bandwidth and a peak reflectivity; characterized in that the grating has a reflection bandwidth of at least 2 nm and a peak reflectivity of at least 70% .
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
135 words
An article comprising a) means for generating optical radiation of wavelength λ 0 ; b) means responsive to said optical radiation; c) an optical waveguide radiation transmission path linking the means of a) and the means of b), a portion of said transmission path being an optical waveguide which comprises a core region that is at least partially surrounded by a cladding, the core having a longitudinally varying refractive index, the index varying such that said portion of the transmission path can reflect radiation of a predetermined wavelength, said portion to be referred to as the grating, associated with said grating being a center wavelength, a reflection bandwidth and a peak reflectivity; characterized in that the grating has a reflection bandwidth of at least 2 nm and a peak reflectivity of at least 70% .
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
27 words
An article according to claim 1, wherein the grating has a reflection bandwidth of at least 4 nm and a peak reflectivity of at least 90% .
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
69 words
An article according to claim 1, wherein the article is an optical fiber communication system comprising at least one fiber optical amplifier, said amplifier comprising a source of pump radiation of wavelength less than λ 0 and means for coupling the pump radiation into the optical fiber transmission path, the grating being an optical fiber grating selected such that the grating reflects at least some of the pump radiation.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
An article according to claim 3, wherein associated with the source of pump radiation is an emission spectrum of width less than or equal to the reflection bandwidth of the grating.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
75 words
An article according to claim 3, wherein associated with the source of pump radiation is an emission spectrum of width greater than the reflection bandwidth of the grating, and wherein the optical fiber transmission path comprises at least one further grating selected such that the further grating also reflects at least some of the pump radiation, the center wavelength λ 2 of the further grating differing from the center wavelength λ 1 of said grating.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
37 words
An article according to claim 5, wherein λ 1 <λ 2 , and wherein said grating is located between the further grating and the means for coupling the pump 3 radiation into the optical fiber transmission path.
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