Infra-red light source including a raman shifter
DCFirst Claim
1. An infrared light source, comprising:
- one or more combiners coupled to at least a first pump laser operable to generate a first pump signal and a second pump laser operable to generate a second pump signal, the one or more combiners operable to combine the first pump signal and the second pump signal into a first optical signal, the first pump signal comprising at least a first wavelength and the second pump signal comprising at least a second wavelength, wherein the first wavelength of the first pump signal is substantially different than the second wavelength of the second pump signal; and
a wavelength shifter coupled to the one or more combiners, the wavelength shifter comprising a first waveguide structure and a second waveguide structure, the wavelength shifter operable to receive the first optical signal and to wavelength shift at least a portion of the first optical signal based at least in part on a Raman effect, wherein the wavelength shifter operates to wavelength shift at least the first wavelength to an intermediate optical wavelength in the first waveguide structure and to wavelength shift the intermediate optical wavelength to a longer optical wavelength in the second waveguide structure;
wherein at least a portion of the intermediate optical wavelength is greater than the first wavelength and wherein at least a portion of the longer optical wavelength is greater than the intermediate optical wavelength; and
wherein the first waveguide structure is substantially different than the second waveguide structure.
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Abstract
An infrared light source includes one or more combiners that are coupled to at least a first pump laser and a second pump laser. The combiners are operable to couple a first optical signal generated by the first pump laser and a second optical signal generated by the second pump laser to a gain fiber, the gain fiber comprising a first waveguide structure. The light source also includes a Raman wavelength shifter that is coupled to the gain fiber. The Raman wavelength shifter being operable to wavelength shift based at least in part on a Raman effect. At least a portion of the Raman wavelength shifter comprising an intermediate waveguide structure that is coupled to a second waveguide structure capable of wavelength shifting at least one wavelength of the first optical signal to an intermediate wavelength in the intermediate waveguide structure and then a longer signal wavelength in the second waveguide structure.
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1. An infrared light source, comprising:
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one or more combiners coupled to at least a first pump laser operable to generate a first pump signal and a second pump laser operable to generate a second pump signal, the one or more combiners operable to combine the first pump signal and the second pump signal into a first optical signal, the first pump signal comprising at least a first wavelength and the second pump signal comprising at least a second wavelength, wherein the first wavelength of the first pump signal is substantially different than the second wavelength of the second pump signal; and a wavelength shifter coupled to the one or more combiners, the wavelength shifter comprising a first waveguide structure and a second waveguide structure, the wavelength shifter operable to receive the first optical signal and to wavelength shift at least a portion of the first optical signal based at least in part on a Raman effect, wherein the wavelength shifter operates to wavelength shift at least the first wavelength to an intermediate optical wavelength in the first waveguide structure and to wavelength shift the intermediate optical wavelength to a longer optical wavelength in the second waveguide structure; wherein at least a portion of the intermediate optical wavelength is greater than the first wavelength and wherein at least a portion of the longer optical wavelength is greater than the intermediate optical wavelength; and wherein the first waveguide structure is substantially different than the second waveguide structure. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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25. A method of shifting an optical wavelength to a longer optical wavelength, comprising:
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combining a first pump signal generated by a first pump laser and a second pump signal generated by a second pump laser into a first optical signal, the first pump signal comprising at least a first wavelength and the second pump signal comprising at least a second wavelength, wherein the first wavelength of the first pump signal is substantially different than the second wavelength of the second pump signal; receiving the first optical signal at a wavelength shifter, the wavelength shifter comprising a first waveguide structure and a second waveguide structure, wherein the first waveguide structure is substantially different than the second waveguide structure; shifting at least the first wavelength to an intermediate optical wavelength using the first waveguide structure based at least in part on a Raman effect; shifting the intermediate optical wavelength to a longer optical wavelength using the second waveguide structure; and wherein at least a portion of the intermediate optical wavelength is greater than the first wavelength and wherein at least a portion of the longer optical wavelength is greater than the intermediate optical wavelength. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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