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Hybrid doped fiber-semiconductor amplifier ring laser source
Assignee: Nortel Networks UK Ltd
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Filing: 1990-09-17
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Granted: 1991-10-08
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Expires: 2010-09-17
Abstract
Abstract An hybrid laser source has a ring structure including the optical path in a semiconductor amplifier chip (1) and optical fibres (2, 3 and 4). The fibre (2) is rare-earth doped and provides an additional gain medium in the ring, the chip providing its own gain medium. The two gain media are interactive and when the chip input current is modulated the source produces relatively high peak power ultrashort pulses (FIG. 1).
Inventors
- 👤 Robert A. Baker
- 👤 Wilson Sibbett
- 👤 David Burns
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 12:21
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01S; H01S3/00; H01S3/10; H01S3/11; H01S3/1106; H01S3/1109; H01S3/05; H01S3/06; H01S3/063; H01S3/067; H01S3/06791; H01S3/106; H01S3/107; H01S3/09; H01S3/091; H01S3/094; H01S3/094038; H01S3/14; H01S3/16; H01S3/1601; H01S3/1603; H01S3/1608
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
102 words
An hybrid laser source comprising a semiconductor diode amplifier chip, a length of rare-earth-doped single mode optical fiber, first and second optical couplers coupling the chip and the rare-earth-doped fiber together in a ring, and an optical pumping source for the rare-earth-doped fiber, which pumping source is external to the ring and is coupled to the rare-earth-doped fiber via said first optical coupler, a hybrid laser source output being provided by the second optical coupler, the ring comprising a resonant cavity for the hybrid laser source, and the hybrid laser source gain medium being comprised by the rare-earth-doped fiber and the chip.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
102 words
An hybrid laser source comprising a semiconductor diode amplifier chip, a length of rare-earth-doped single mode optical fiber, first and second optical couplers coupling the chip and the rare-earth-doped fiber together in a ring, and an optical pumping source for the rare-earth-doped fiber, which pumping source is external to the ring and is coupled to the rare-earth-doped fiber via said first optical coupler, a hybrid laser source output being provided by the second optical coupler, the ring comprising a resonant cavity for the hybrid laser source, and the hybrid laser source gain medium being comprised by the rare-earth-doped fiber and the chip.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
14 words
An hybrid laser source as claimed in claim 1 wherein the rare-earth is erbium.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
An hybrid laser source as claimed in claim 1 wherein the chip is an InGaAsP amplifier chip.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
22 words
An hybrid laser source as claimed in claim 1 wherein the optical pumping means is comprised by a strained-layer semiconductor diode laser.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
66 words
An hybrid laser source as claimed in claim 1, wherein the ring further includes first and second lengths of single mode optical fiber between which the chip is dispersed, the first length of single mode fiber being coupled to the rare-earth-doped fiber by the first optical coupler and the second length of single mode fiber being coupled to the rare-earth-doped fiber by the second optical coupler.
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