Arrangement for multiplexing and intensity splitting light beams for interface into fiber optic cables
US4933949A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 28, 1989 |
| Grant date | Jun 12, 1990 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 28, 2009 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01S3/2358
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An arrangement especially suitable for use in a laser apparatus for converting a plurality of different input light beams, for example copper vapor laser beams, into a plurality of substantially identical light beams is disclosed herein. This arrangement utilizes an optical mixing bar which is preferably integrally formed as a single unit and which includes a main body for mixing light therein, a flat input surface on one end of the main body, and a multi-faceted output face on the opposite end of the main body. This arrangement also includes means for directing the plurality of different input light beams onto the input face of the mixing base, whereby to cause the different beams to mix within the main body of the mixing bar and exit the latter from its multi-faceted output face as the desired plurality of substantially identical output beams.
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