ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,960, issued on May 13, was assigned to II-VI DELAWARE INC. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Doped fiber amplifier having pass-through pump laser" was invented by Ian Peter McClean (Brixham, Great Britain), Nadhum Kadhum Zayer (Devon, Great Britain) and Martin Richard Williams (Big Flats, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An amplifier operable with an electric drive signal can amplify signal light having a signal wavelength. A laser diode has an active section with input and output facets. The facets are in optical communication with the signal light and are configured to pass the signal light through the laser diode. The active section is conf...