Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Passive device and method for the coherent combination of a plurality of optical amplifiers
- Patent Title (中): 用于多个光放大器相干组合的无源装置和方法
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Application No.: US14232317Application Date: 2012-07-10
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Publication No.: US09042009B2Publication Date: 2015-05-26
- Inventor: Dimitris Papadopoulos , Marc Hanna , Louis Daniault
- Applicant: Dimitris Papadopoulos , Marc Hanna , Louis Daniault
- Applicant Address: FR Palaiseau
- Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE
- Current Assignee: ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE
- Current Assignee Address: FR Palaiseau
- Agency: Young & Thompson
- Priority: FR1156294 20110711
- International Application: PCT/FR2012/051631 WO 20120710
- International Announcement: WO2013/007945 WO 20130117
- Main IPC: H01S3/00
- IPC: H01S3/00 ; H01S3/23 ; G02B27/28 ; H01S3/067 ; H01S3/16

Abstract:
The invention relates to a passive device for the coherent combination of at least two optical amplifiers. According to the invention, said device comprises an interferometer having at least four branches (B1, B2, B3, B4) and comprising optical means for separating and combining polarization, said means having four inlet-outlet ports that are respectively connected to a branch. The first branch comprises a first polarization means, a first optical amplifier and a first mirror; the second branch comprises a second polarization means, a second optical amplifier and a second mirror; the third branch comprises a third polarization means and a third mirror; the fourth branch (B4) is an inlet-outlet branch of the interferometer; and the first, second and third polarization means are designed such that a polarized optical beam entering respectively into the first, second or third branch and reflected by the mirror at the end of said branch forms a polarized optical beam that leaves said branch with a polarization that is orthogonal to the polarization of the polarized optical beam entering said branch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140376085A1 PASSIVE DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE COHERENT COMBINATION OF A PLURALITY OF OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS Public/Granted day:2014-12-25
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