Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Channelized optical amplifiers and amplifier arrays
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Application No.: US17154216Application Date: 2021-01-21
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Publication No.: US11522629B2Publication Date: 2022-12-06
- Inventor: Jean-Luc Archambault , Rathy Shankar , Damian Flannery
- Applicant: Ciena Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MD Hanover
- Assignee: Ciena Corporation
- Current Assignee: Ciena Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Hanover
- Agency: Clements Bernard Baratta
- Agent Lawrence A. Baratta, Jr.; Christopher L. Bernard
- Main IPC: H04B10/29
- IPC: H04B10/29 ; H04J14/02 ; H04B10/25 ; H01S3/16 ; H01S3/067 ; H04Q11/00 ; H04B10/293 ; H04B10/294

Abstract:
Systems and methods are provided for amplifying optical signals within one of two optical bands, such as C-band and L-band. An optical amplifying device, according to one implementation, may include a shared optical coil configured to propagate an optical signal. The optical amplifying device may further include a first junction configured to separate the shared optical coil into a first-band optical fiber and a second-band optical coil and a pump device configured to amplify the optical signal in the shared optical coil and the second-band optical coil. The first-band optical fiber may be configured to propagate the optical signal when the optical signal resides in a channel of a first plurality of channels within a first optical band. The second-band optical coil may be configured to propagate the optical signal when the optical signal resides in a channel of a second plurality of channels within a second optical band.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220231778A1 Channelized optical amplifiers and amplifier arrays Public/Granted day:2022-07-21
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