Supercontinuum emitting device

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2006-10-31

2006-10-31

Connelly-Cushwa, Michelle (Department: 2874)

Optical waveguides

Having nonlinear property

C385S039000, C385S123000, C065S407000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07130512

ABSTRACT:
A supercontinuum light emitting device comprises an effectively CW light source producing light of wavelength λ1within a specified bandwidth and a nonlinear fiber optically coupled to the light source. The nonlinear fiber has a plurality of fiber segments with different zero dispersion wavelengths λoi, where each successive fiber segment has zero dispersion wavelength λoiwhich is larger than the zero dispersion wavelength of the preceding fiber and the zero dispersion wavelength of the first fiber segment is within ±20 nm of λ1.

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