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Optical power splitter including a zig-zag

US9285544B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP · US

Inventors

Georgios Panotopoulos · Palo Alto, US
Michael Renne Ty Tan · Menlo Park, US
Paul Kessler Rosenberg · Sunnyvale, US
Sagi Varghese Mathai · Sunnyvale, US
Wayne V. Sorin · Stanford, US
Susant K. Patra · Brentwood, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 2011
Grant date	Mar 15, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG02B27/145
WIPO fieldOptics
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An optical power splitter includes a zig-zag and a reflector element associated with the zig-zag. The zig-zag is to split an input signal based on the reflector element, and output a plurality of split signals.

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