Interleaver
US6768591B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 26, 2002 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 9, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02B6/29358
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An interleaver is provided with an optical system configured to split light having traveled from a first port to a half mirror, into two beams and direct the beams toward first and second reflectors, respectively. Light reflected by the first reflector and arrived at the half mirror is split into two beams and directed toward second and third ports, respectively. Light reflected by the second reflector and arrived at the half mirror is split into two beams directed toward the second and third ports, respectively. An etalon filter configured to cause a loss on either one of light incident thereto from the first port and the beams directed toward the second port and toward the third port.
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