Article comprising an improved cascaded optical fiber Raman device
    2.
    发明授权
    Article comprising an improved cascaded optical fiber Raman device 失效
    该文章包括改进的级联光纤拉曼装置

    公开(公告)号:US5966480A

    公开(公告)日:1999-10-12

    申请号:US27630

    申请日:1998-02-23

    摘要: The performance of optical fiber Raman devices can be increased by substitution of a broadband reflector (typically a multilayer dielectric mirror) for some of the narrowband reflectors (typically fiber Bragg gratings) that are conventionally used to define the optical cavities of the device. The device exemplarily is a Raman laser or amplifier, and in preferred embodiments a broadband reflector reflects all the Stokes-shifted wavelengths, such that the cavities are defined by the single broadband reflector and by a multiplicity of appropriately selected narrowband reflectors. Optionally the broadband reflector also serves to reflect the pump radiation.

    摘要翻译: 通过用常规用于限定器件的光腔的一些窄带反射器(通常是光纤布拉格光栅)代替宽带反射器(通常为多层电介质镜)可以增加光纤拉曼器件的性能。 该装置示例性地是拉曼激光器或放大器,并且在优选实施例中,宽带反射器反射所有斯托克斯波长的波长,使得空腔由单个宽带反射器和多个适当选择的窄带反射器限定。 可选地,宽带反射器还用于反映泵辐射。

    Splitter for use with an optical amplifier
    3.
    发明授权
    Splitter for use with an optical amplifier 有权
    分配器用于光放大器

    公开(公告)号:US06430343B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-08-06

    申请号:US09287475

    申请日:1999-04-06

    IPC分类号: G02B642

    摘要: An optical communication system which conserves electrical power is disclosed. Electrical power is conserved in the optical communication system by coupling a splitter to an optical amplifier. The optical amplifier is configured to receive optical signals as well as pump light. The splitter provides a portion of the pump light used in the optical amplifier to other devices (e.g., optical amplifiers, filters, modulators) of the optical communication system. Providing a portion of the pump light used in the optical amplifier to other devices in the optical communication systems conserves electric power by reducing the total electrical power needed to operate the optical communication system.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种节省电力的光通信系统。 在光通信系统中通过将分离器耦合到光放大器来节省电力。 光放大器被配置为接收光信号以及泵浦光。 分路器将光放大器中使用的泵浦光的一部分提供给光通信系统的其它设备(例如,光放大器,滤波器,调制器)。 将光放大器中使用的泵浦光的一部分提供给光通信系统中的其它设备,通过减少操作光通信系统所需的总电功率来节省电力。

    Optical waveguide lasers and amplifiers with pump power monitors
    5.
    发明授权
    Optical waveguide lasers and amplifiers with pump power monitors 有权
    具有泵功率监视器的光波导激光器和放大器

    公开(公告)号:US06389186B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-05-14

    申请号:US09303383

    申请日:1999-04-30

    IPC分类号: G02B600

    CPC分类号: H01S3/0014 H01S3/094003

    摘要: In accordance with the invention, a pumped waveguide device comprising a pump waveguide and an active waveguide is provided with a pump power monitor by disposing between the pump source and the active waveguide, an indicator waveguide having a core doped with a material sensitive to the pump light. For example the material can fluoresce in response to pump light or absorb pump light and generate heat. Pump power is then accurately measured by the fluorescence or heat from the indicator waveguide. Since the fluorescence or heat is generated in the doped core, the measurement is sensitive to the pump power that will enter the active waveguide and is relatively insensitive to changes in mode distribution. Exemplary embodiments include monitored cladding pumped fiber lasers, amplifiers and light sources.

    摘要翻译: 根据本发明,包括泵浦波导和有源波导的泵浦波导装置通过设置在泵浦源和有源波导之间而设置有泵浦功率监视器,指示器波导具有掺杂有对泵敏感的材料的芯 光。 例如,材料可以响应于泵浦光而发出荧光,或吸收泵浦光并产生热量。 然后通过来自指示器波导的荧光或热量精确地测量泵功率。 由于在掺杂芯中产生荧光或热,所以测量对于将进入有源波导的泵浦功率敏感,并且对模式分布的变化相对不敏感。 示例性实施例包括被监测的包层泵浦光纤激光器,放大器和光源。

    Article for detecting power drift in the putout of a diode array source
    6.
    发明授权
    Article for detecting power drift in the putout of a diode array source 失效
    用于检测二极管阵列源的电源漂移的文章

    公开(公告)号:US06275516B1

    公开(公告)日:2001-08-14

    申请号:US09109661

    申请日:1998-07-02

    IPC分类号: H01S3091

    摘要: A method and article for monitoring and controlling power drift in the output of a diode array is described. The diode array is used, for example, as a light pump for a fiber laser. In one embodiment, an improved fiber laser includes the light pump, which launches light into a laser cavity. The fiber laser further includes a sampler operable to receive at least a portion of the light before it is launched into the laser cavity. The sampled portion represents a known fraction of the total light signal generated by the light pump. In some embodiments, the sampled light is directed, via the sampler, to a photodetector. The photodetector converts the sampled light into a first electrical signal and delivers it to a processor. The processor is operable to compare the electrical signal with a set-point signal representative of a desired power output of the sampled portion of the launched light. To the extent that a differential exists between the set point signal and the first electrical signal, the desired optical power is not being launched into the lasing cavity. If such a differential exists, the processor generates and sends a control signal to a controllable current source. The control signal is operable to increase or decrease the current delivered from the controllable current source to the light pump to correct power drifts in light pump output.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种用于监控和控制二极管阵列输出功率漂移的方法和文章。 二极管阵列例如用作光纤激光器的光泵。 在一个实施例中,改进的光纤激光器包括将光发射到激光腔中的光泵。 光纤激光器还包括采样器,其可操作以在光被发射到激光腔内之前接收光的至少一部分。 采样部分表示由光泵产生的总光信号的已知分数。 在一些实施例中,采样光通过采样器被引导到光电检测器。 光电检测器将采样的光转换成第一电信号并将其传送到处理器。 处理器可操作以将电信号与表示所发射光的采样部分的期望功率输出的设定点信号进行比较。 在设定点信号和第一电信号之间存在差分的情况下,期望的光功率未被发射到激光腔中。 如果存在这样的差分,则处理器产生并发送控制信号到可控电流源。 控制信号可操作以增加或减少从可控电流源传递到光泵的电流,以校正光泵输出中的功率漂移。