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Passive temperature-insensitive fabry-perot etalons

US5384877A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 21, 1993
Grant dateJan 24, 1995
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Expiry dateJun 21, 2013

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/29398
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Both the fiber and the bulk Fabry-Perot etalons can be made temperature insensitive by the addition of a compensator element. This element adjusts the optical length of the air-gap in the etalon cavity so as to compensate for any changes in the optical length of the fiber or the etalon slab due to ambient temperature changes.

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