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Phased array device or phasar and process for manufacturing this device

US6222963A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 26, 1998
Grant dateApr 24, 2001
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Expiry dateOct 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B6/12033
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

This device comprises a planar input area (4), a planar output area (6), a microguides array (2) laid out between these areas, means (8) of inputting a light beam associated with the input area and means (10) of outputting a light beam associated with the output area. According to the invention, at least two pieces (12, 16, 22) are formed, one comprising one part of at least one of the areas and the corresponding associated means, the other comprising the other part of this area and the other components of the device, and the pieces are added on so as to form the complete device and to adjust the wave length of this device. Application to optical telecommunications and optical spectrometry.

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