发明名称 |
Multiple channel multiplexer/demultiplexer devices |
摘要 |
Multiple channel optical multiplexing/demultiplexing devices that utilize only a single constant, non-variable wavelength-selective optical interference filter have many advantages. The wavelength-selective optical filter is a conventional fixed wavelength optical interference filter having an angle shift property wherein the wavelength-selectivity changes with changing angles of incidence upon the filter. Because such filters are transparent to a different center wavelength depending on the angle of incidence of a light beam, multiplexing/demultiplexing is achieved by varying the angle of incidence of the light beam upon a single, constant and non-variable optical interference filter. Many different systems can be designed to transmit a light beam at multiple varied angles of incidence upon a single interference filter. Two such exemplary systems utilize a multiple-reflection chamber adapted to transmit a light beam at successively varied angles of incidence upon a single interference filter.
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申请公布号 |
US6008920(A) |
申请公布日期 |
1999.12.28 |
申请号 |
US19980038459 |
申请日期 |
1998.03.11 |
申请人 |
OPTICAL COATING LABORATORY, INC. |
发明人 |
HENDRIX, KAREN DENISE |
分类号 |
G02B6/34;(IPC1-7):H04J14/02 |
主分类号 |
G02B6/34 |
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