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US 9,806,492 · App. 14/892,573 · Granted Oct 31, 2017

Optical amplifier using optical fiber

Inventor: Woo Jin Shin (Gwangju, KR)
Assignee: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
H01S3/1616H01S3/0675H01S3/06754H01S3/06762H01S3/06783H01S3/094003H01S3/094015H01S3/094053H01S3/1608H01S3/0064H01S3/07H01S3/094084
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Patent No.
US 9,806,492
App. No.
14/892,573
Granted
Oct 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an optical amplifier using an optical fiber. The optical fiber includes a single-mode optical fiber in which a plurality of rare earth elements is doped simultaneously; first and second optical fiber gratings disposed at opposite sides of the optical fiber, respectively, and totally reflecting light having a wavelength in a specific range; a pumping light source configured to generate a pumping light to excite rare earth ions in the optical fiber; and an optical coupler connected to the optical fiber and configured to transmit a light signal generated from a light source and the pumping light generated from the pumping light source to the optical fiber. Therefore, it is possible to obtain efficient amplification of a light signal through a simple configuration using the rare earth elements-doped optical fiber.

Claims (12)

1. An optical amplifier using an optical fiber, the optical amplifier comprising:

a single-mode optical fiber in which a plurality of rare earth elements is doped simultaneously;

first and second optical fiber gratings disposed at opposite sides of the optical fiber, respectively, and totally reflecting light having a wavelength in a specific range;

a pumping light source configured to generate a pumping light to excite rare earth ions in the optical fiber; and

an optical coupler connected to the optical fiber and configured to transmit a light signal generated from a light source and the pumping light generated from the pumping light source to the optical fiber,

wherein

erbium and thulium are doped in the optical fiber,

the light signal has a wavelength in a range from 1,800 nm to 2,100 nm, and

the pumping light has a wavelength in a range from 970 nm to 990 nm.

2. The optical amplifier using the optical fiber of claim 1 , wherein a doping ratio of the erbium to the thulium is set in a range from 1 to 2 to 1 to 10.

3. The optical amplifier using the optical fiber of claims 2 , wherein a doping concentration of the erbium is set to be 1,000 ppm, and a doping concentration of the thulium is set to be in a range from 2,000 ppm to 10,000 ppm.

4. The optical amplifier using the optical fiber of claim 1 , wherein the light totally reflected by the first and the second optical fiber grating has a specific wavelength in a range from 1,550 nm to 1,610 nm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2015
From: SHIN, WOO JIN
To: GWANGJU INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2013-0062753 · May 31, 2013 · national
KR 10-2013-0106034 · Sep 4, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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