Optical waveguides – Accessories – Attenuator
Patent
1993-12-01
1995-06-06
Healy, Brian
Optical waveguides
Accessories
Attenuator
385 27, 385 31, 385 39, 385 49, 385141, 385142, 385144, G02B 622, G02B 624
Patent
active
054229758
ABSTRACT:
An object of this invention is to provide an optical filter which has higher mass-producibility and economy. This feature can be realized by doped a rare earth element into the region made of a glass material which can transmit light. In a case that Er and Tm are doped as the rare earth element into the region, a ratio .alpha..sub.Er /.alpha..sub.Tm between a contribution .alpha..sub.Er of Er to attenuation and a contribution .alpha..sub.Tm of Tm to attenuation is set in a range from about 1 to 1/25 for a 1.5 .mu.m band range, whereby attenuation in this wavelength range is retained above 50 dB/m to realize required cutoff function.
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Patent Abstracts of Japan, vol. 12, No. 461 (E-689), Dec. 5, 1988, JP-A-63 184 386 (Furukawa Electric, Jul. 29, 1988.
Kanamori Hiroo
Kashiwara Tomonori
Sankawa Izumi
Urano Akira
Healy Brian
Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corporation
Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.
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